12 Very Angry Women is set in London, 2012, one month before the Olympics. A scandal of suppressed crime statistics has rocked the nation’s capital, forcing the re-introduction of capital punishment on the city’s streets in an attempt at reducing crime before the Games commence.

A young Polish girl stands trial for murdering her black foster mother; 12 women sit on the jury, and 11 of them are ready to send her to her death. Only one dissenting voice stands alone. With the press and the public calling for blood, whose voice will prevail?