CClerk
Docket ending 25801. People vs. James and Victoria Grall. One count assault in the second degree, one count grand larceny, one count burglary.
JJames
Not guilty, your honor.
EEva
They should be charged with murder!
Court officers, remove this woman!
[the court officers escort Eva out of the courtroom as James and Victoria look on with remorse]
JJames
She's right. We should be charged with murder.
Would the People like to amend the charge?
No, your honor. The defendants are only grandstanding to further their political agenda.
JJames
If you were fit for your job, you'd seek justice for these lost souls.
VVictoria
It was an accident.
Mr. Hunter, control your clients.
As your honor well knows, according to New York law, life does not begin until a baby draws breath.
JJames
It begins at the moment of conception.
Even in the cases of abandoned newborns, a murder charge cannot be brought if it's determined the infant was stillborn.
Actually, your honor, the grand larceny should be dropped to petty larceny. Human bodies cannot legally be sold, and therefore have no monetary value.
The couples who went to Hudson Cryobank each spent tens of thousands of dollars to get those embryos.
That was for services provided. It wasn't a sticker price of an embryo.
That's an issue for your trial judge. I'll add on the lesser charge and hear the People as to bail.
Excessive. The defendants are not a flight risk. They have ties to the community.
Bail is set at 10,000 each, cash or bond. [bangs gavel] Next case.
Seventeen years as a corrections officer. Eleven different prisons. It says here that the first ten stops were maximum security men's facilities.
You go where you're not gonna get your ass kicked.
[pauses] What are you talking about?
I read your evaluations. They dumped you at Sealview because you didn't have the balls to handle men.
You know what I think? I think you hate women. That's why you rape them. And if you hate women so much, that must mean that you like men.
[Harris jumps up]
Shut up. Shut up, you filthy whore. Do you understand me?
[Rook is holding Benson hostage and trying to get Stabler to inflict pain on her via remote control]
RRook
I put my faith in a little god in a white coat and he killed my wife and son. PUSH THE BUTTON!
[Rook pushes the button and a female voice screams]
RRook
PUSH … THE … BUTTON!!!
Too many people have suffered already.
RRook
Then you, Elliot Stabler, are a human being. Congratulations, you are not a sheep like I was. You're a man. Thank you.
RRook
Where are you taking me?
[Benson and Stabler exchange an irritated glance]
[Rook activates a detonator that is tied to his ankle causing the studio to explode; the blast knocks all three of them to the ground]
What are you selling, Brett?
SSmith
You've worked sex crimes longer than most and you're still passionate, we need you.
Yeah, well, it's harder to care when your clients are guilty.
SSmith
Ours are accused of SEC violations, not diddling some 4-year-old on the playground.
Look, I'm sorry. I have to go.
SSmith
No more late night calls, no more rape victims and dead kids. How do you sleep at night?
