The two finest lawyers in New York, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom. When Levi Weeks, the brother of an influential architect with ties to both men, was accused of killing a beautiful young woman, the crime quickly became the most sensational murder in the history of the young nation. With the entire city crying for Levi's head, the young man was in danger of being hastily condemned without a proper hearing. And so America's two greatest attorneys did the unthinkable--they teamed up.