Hilary Swank as Betty Anne Waters

Sam Rockwell as Kenny Waters

Minnie Driver as Abra Rice

Melissa Leo as Nancy Taylor

Peter Gallagher as Barry Scheck

Ari Graynor as Mandy Marsh

Loren Dean as Rick Miller

Conor Donovan as Richard Miller

Owen Campbell as Ben Miller

Tobias Campbell as Young Kenny

Bailee Madison as Young Betty Anne

Clea DuVall as Brenda Marsh

Karen Young as Elizabeth Waters

Talia Balsam as Prosecuting Attorney

John Pyper-Ferguson as Aidan

Juliette Lewis as Roseanna Perry

Thomas D. Mahard as Law Professor

Laurie Brown as Law Professor 2

Ele Bardha as Don

Rusty Mewha as Desk Sergeant

Marc Macaulay as Officer Boisseau

Frank Zieger as Boyfriend

J. David Moeller as Grandpa

Scott Philyaw as Cop

Tobiasz Daszkiewicz as Guy in Bar

Iris Ingram as Guy's Girlfriend

John Lepard as Minister

Jake Andolina as State Trooper

Wallace Bridges as Global Van Lines Witness

Marty Bufalini as Defense Attorney

Doug Hamilton as Medical Examiner

Sarab Kamoo as Kathleen Higgins

Hugh McGuire as Trial Judge

Michele Messmer as Mrs. Brow

Annabel Armour as Social Service Woman

Toya Brazell as Court Clerk

Heather Kozlakowski as Jury Foreman

Julia Ho as Reporter #2

Paul Burt as Prison Guard "Stash"

Matthew Hollerbach as Law Student

Zack Fealk as Law Student 2

Linda Hurd as Bar Exam Woman

Michael Liu as Huy Dao

York Griffith as Desk Sergeant 2

Gordon Michaels as Lieutenant Daniels

Alana Jo Beckman as Neighborhood Girl

Ethan Cutkosky as Neighborhood Boy

Eddie Hurcho as Courthouse Clerk

Jane Alderman as Mrs. Halloran

Janet Ulrich Brooks as Dr. McGilvray

Gary Davis as Prison Guard 2

Rick LeFevour as Prison Guard 3

Jennifer Roberts as Martha Coakley

Linda Boston as Release Judge

Kam Carman as Reporter

Julio Ho as Reporter 2

Peter Carey as Reporter 3

Melissa Bickerton as Admissions Counselor

Heather Yerebeck as Law Student (uncredited)

Jordan Monaghan as Gum chewing girl (uncredited)