Paroled under a one-year house arrest with his pen-pal surrogate mother, Dale struggles to begin a new life — and makes a bombshell of a confession.

As Dale joins a church and finds a job, his story is met with shock by some and skepticism by others, including the prosecutor who put him in jail.

Because his sentence is reduced to life, convicted killer Dale Sigler is eligible for parole after 30 years, one of only seven to evade death row.