In the classic film Good Will Hunting, the title character and his friends get into a fight on a basketball court with another group of young men. Will slugs his adversary in the face, vengeance for the way this individual treated Will when they were both in elementary school.
The police come, and Will ill-advisedly strikes a cop.
Turns out, this wasn’t the first time Will has been in trouble with the law, but he has always found a way out of trouble in the past. Not so this time. The judge orders prison time.
But shortly after, an esteemed professor works out a deal with the judge to allow Will to go free.