"If you look close enough, you'll find everyone has a weak spot." An attorney intent on climbing the career ladder toward success, finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he's trying to prosecute.

"Crime. Confusion. Compassion. They're all just states of mind." "The United States of Leland" tells the story of a young man's experience in a juvenile detention center that touches on the tumultuous changes that befall his family and the community in which he lives.