[to Benson] Lewis Hodda may walk if Hassler can make it look like your emotions are getting in the way of your police work, which is what they're doing right now. I need you to sit your ass down and work with me.
Fine. Start working.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
Look, thank you so much for meeting me for lunch. I have been going stir crazy on maternity leave.
How's being a mom?
You were right. It's... it's the greatest thing ever.
ODO'Dwyer
Do you usually encourage your suspects to get a lawyer?
This is on us. We pushed this kid to testify.
ODO'Dwyer
That's not what he did.
He was trying to get a confession. He was molested by the man that he killed.
ODO'Dwyer
He planned this. He tortured that man, he left him to die, and was glad to hear that he bled out in pain. It was premeditated.
You're gonna charge him with 1st degree murder? That's 25 years!
ODO'Dwyer
His lawyer can plead for leniency at sentencing.
His life will be over!
ODO'Dwyer
Lieutenant, his life was over at 15.
Anybody use a heavy bag in the weight room? I brought my gloves.
You box?
Yeah. The Golden Gloves, some Pro Am. You?
[grins] I don't wanna hurt you.
How about, as an act of good faith, you release the kids?
JJoe
How about I don't shoot them right this second, huh? There's your good faith!
They made Chris look like Harry Potter.
We've seen this before. The nerd defense.
EEllen
[to Abby] Do you understand that you're ruining my son's life?
Hey, you need to stop talking.
EEllen
A woman cop like you, you always take the girl's side, don't you?
That's not what's happening here.
EEllen
Yeah, well, I've seen it. The sweet little girl becomes the victim and then the boy is made out to be a brute. And do you why that is? Because teenage girls are better liars!
The world is changing. We need new rules.
HHenderson
You need my client's testimony. According to the Daily News, no one in the victim's apartment saw anything.
Okay, so which is it: He was there but didn't participate, or he wasn't there? What about his friends? Won't they have sob stories too?
HHenderson
I gave you an opportunity to wrap this up, but if the guilty need to walk for my client to walk, so be it.
[about Doug] I'm not even sure that putting this guy on the stand is a great idea.
What, you got a better one?
He's worse than all the others, and that's no easy task.
Barba...
At least they admitted that they were there.
Okay, look, we're here now. He was there that night. He's the only person close enough to see their faces, to see what they did to her.
And the jury believes him because...?
Because I went over his story, backwards and forwards, alright? He never varied. He had a spot-on description of each suspect. Now, maybe he's a coward, yeah. But he's credible.
So, good memory, no morality. Fantastic.
In the criminal justice system some killers are so depraved that it takes multiple police agencies to bring them to justice. This is one of those investigations.
RDr. Rudnick
People say life is short, but in fact, life is, mostly of course, very long. You want to stay in your best shape.
I hate being coddled. I mean what, I have a baby and all of a sudden I can't talk to serial killers anymore.
[about Rudnick and Yates] How bad are these guys?
Think Robert Durst and Ted Bundy on the run together.
Stay in this job long enough, all your heroes die.
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