Casey Novak quotes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Stabler

King Solomon said, "Bring me a sword. Divide the living child in 2. Give half to one mother, half to the other."

Novak

Except I can't split the baby.

Stabler

Solomon didn't have to.

Benson

Casey, you've got to plead her out.

Novak

Why would I do that?

Benson

Because what happened was a mistake.

Novak

Michelle is uncontrollably driven to kidnap someone else's child.

Benson

Her little girl biologically!

Novak

But not legally. I can't let Michelle off the hook just because you feel guilty you didn't believe her.

Benson

Well, then give her a break because she's also a victim. What that fertility doctor did to those 2 women is genetic rape. And don't tell me that that doesn't bother you on some level.

Novak

Talk to the doctor, confirm what Michelle and the Bransons say and I'll consider a deal.

Novak

We found Jiao’s body buried under your whorehouse in Flushing.

Check the property rules, Mrs. Chan owns that place, sweet old lady.

Novak

Grandma didn’t slit Jiao’s throat.

How do you know?

Do you wake up every morning and think, "How can I trample on the First Amendment today?"

Novak

I wake up and think, "How can I put away a rapist?"

Novak

What did I do wrong?

What, aren't you going to even say "hi" to your boss?

Novak

Hi. What did I do wrong?

Novak

Mr. Cameron, do you think that the KKK or Aryan Nations are funny?

Only in that they're the most ignorant bunch of jackasses in the country.

Novak

I just set a new world record getting these warrants. Not to mention risking my life interrupting Judge Terhune's poker game, again.

Munch

[to a guard] Open it. [to the ADA] Poor baby. I've been up for 40 hours.

Stabler

You really went after Morton in there.

Novak

He killed a kid. He knew what he was doing.

Stabler

You so sure about that because of something he wrote 15 years ago?

Novak

Eliot, he's screwing with us. This grief-crazed father crap, it's all an act.

Stabler

I spend my life locking up skels for murdering children. The system says they go away to prison - fine. But if it were my son lying on that slab, I don't know what my rage would make me do.

The crime of rape used to be hard to prove, even harder to convict. The victim was on trial, not a rapist. Then the laws changed. Woman's identity was protected, her sexual history excluded, and rapists were rightly brought to justice. And now, perhaps the pendulum has swung too far. Women who have sex and later regret it are not entitled to call their partners rapists! Now, Miss Denning went to my client's apartment late at night, wore sexy clothes, drank several glasses of wine and then kissed him, but now she says she was there to discuss her art portfolio. Now, every piece of evidence is open to interpretation, but two facts are undeniable. First, there is nothing in Ron Polikoff's past to suggest he is capable of such a violent act. Second, his life has already been ruined by this woman's unfounded, unsubstantiated and unjust accusations. Don't punish him anymore for a crime he did not commit.

Casey Novak

Believe me, rape is still hard to prosecute and it is still a nightmare for the victims. Miss Denning has had to endure three separate sexual humiliations. Her teacher, a man she admired, raped her. In the hospital, she had to strip naked. She was photographed, poked, prodded, and then scraped, so the police could gather evidence, and finally, she sat here and relived every sordid, painful detail. Her sex life dissected, her psychological traumas exposed, her entire motivation called into question. So ask yourselves this: why would she put herself through such hell if she wasn't telling the truth?

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

[reads the verdict to herself, then passes it back] In the case of The People V. Ronald J. Polikoff, Docket Ending 445, on the top count of the indictment, the charge of Rape in the First Degree, what is your verdict?

We find the defendant...

Novak

[to Benson and Stabler] Arrest him. [to the judge] Your honor, my detectives are here to re-arrest the defendant.

On what charges?

Novak

The murder of Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot.

Your honor, this is a blatant attempt to unlawfully detain my client.

Save it, counselor. Alex Cabot was a friend of mine. I'll see you both at arraignment.

You can't prove I killed her. And the dead can't talk.

Stabler

Liam Connors, you're under arrest for murder.

Benson

My mother was an English professor. When I was 16, I started dating one of her students. He was a senior, he was 21 years old. And he asked me to marry him. And I said yes. Because I wanted to get away from my mother. She found out and she told me that if I didn't stop seeing him, that she would have him kicked out of college. And I told her that I was moving out. She was half way through a bottle of vodka and she dropped it. It shattered all over the floor. And then she picked up the jagged edge of the bottle and...and she came at me, screaming, 'I'll never let anyone else have you.' And so I kicked her, hard. And then I kicked her again. And she went flying across the room, into the wall. And she slid down to the floor. I'd never hurt her before. I ran out. I was so afraid...

Novak

You didn't kill your mother, Olivia.

Benson

I know what it's like to want to. That's how I know Simone Brice. I called her back then. She was a law student, and she helped me survive it.

Novak

Why didn't Carrie say something?

Benson

Because then the abuse becomes real. If you keep quiet, you can pretend that it's not.

Benson

[to Casey] You feel like a cup of coffee?

Novak

Every second of every day.

Novak

[holds a newspaper] Take a look at this.

Yeah, we've seen it.

Novak

So has Arthur Branch, meaning I'll be a special kind of pain in your ass until this is sufficiently explained.

Stabler

What the hell's all this? [sees the columns of boxes in Casey's office]

Novak

U.S. army's version of "bury me in paper." Their response to my subpoenas.

[to Novak] Conference room, NOW!

Stabler

What's that about?

Novak

Oh, probably just another of the subpoenas I sent out.

Stabler

For what?

Novak

Donald Rumsfeld.