[Benson goes undercover as a hooker]
[to Cragen] Hey sweetheart...you lonely tonight? [in her normal voice] Twelve o'clock, there's a skinny kid, black shirt, blue jeans, hustling a guy in a gray sweater. He could be MKS.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
JSJudge Schuyler
Now, before we begin, let's just make sure that everyone is familiar with the rules of my courtroom. I have a zero-tolerance policy for shenanigans. I appreciate that emotions are running high. But you must control them if you wish to remain. That means no outbursts, and no foul language. Capisce, Mr. Redding?
BBrannon
Yes, your honor.
JSJudge Schuyler
I understand you wanna change the plea you made at arraignment?
BBrannon
Yeah. I wanna plead guilty.
JSJudge Schuyler
Please stand.
[Brannon and Horowitz stand up]
JSJudge Schuyler
You may now allocute.
[Brannon is silent]
JSJudge Schuyler
Describe your crime for the court.
BBrannon
Uh,... I shot the 2 Jew kids and the porch monkey.
WIWoman in gallery
May you burn in Hell, you racist pig!
JSJudge Schuyler
[bangs gavel] Order! Madam, sit down, or I'll have you removed! And as for you, Mr. Redding, I'm rejecting your plea offer.
HHorowitz
But, your honor, there's a deal in place.
JSJudge Schuyler
My courtroom, my decision, Mr. Horowitz. And I find this deal reprehensible. [to the ADA] You should be ashamed of yourself for agreeing to it, Miss Novak.
I apologize.
JSJudge Schuyler
A blatant hate crime, countless children traumatized, 2 of them maimed, and one precious young life snuffed out.
JSJudge Schuyler
[to Brannon] If you should choose to go to trial, and are found guilty, I will show no leniency. Your parole officer's parents haven't even been born yet.
BBrannon
No. No way in Hell. I want the deal I was promised!
JSJudge Schuyler
Court officers, remove the prisoner.
BBrannon
[as he is escorted out by the court officers] Yeah, screw you, old man! RA-HO-WA! RA-HO-WA! RA-HO-WA!
JSJudge Schuyler
[bangs gavel] Order!
SStar
Have you been brainwashed by the Jew-controlled media?
JSJudge Schuyler
Silence!
SStar
Or are you just another corrupt lackey of the Zionist-occupied government?
JSJudge Schuyler
All right. Remove that woman.
SStar
White power.
JSJudge Schuyler
The fine for contempt of my court is $500, young lady.
SStar
[as the court officers take her away] What are you gonna do?! You gonna criminalize the First Amendment?!
JSJudge Schuyler
You've just made it $1,000. Court officers, lock her up.
SStar
Free the political prisoner!
JSJudge Schuyler
That's 1,500!
SStar
Keep countin', Mr. Judge!
[Fin finds a 25-year-old lunch box]
[to Munch] Do Twinkies last forever? I'll give you 20 bucks. Take a bite.
I just don't want you to get your hopes up.
PMrs. Padilla
Hope is all we have, Detective Stabler.
[D.A. Arthur Branch looks at Novak's story in the papers]
What the hell were you thinking?
Cora's mom went to the papers. How's that my fault?
You gave her the bologna, and she made the sandwich! Says so on page 3. You told her to shout her story to the rooftops.
She's frustrated, and she's voiceless. And the law can't help her.
Which is the reason you have no business involving yourself in this mess.
We speak for the victims. And you taught me that.
Crime victims. Nobody's committing a crime here.
Mike Jergens did! So should a rapist who's been her husband for a week get to pull the plug on Cora?
She married him.
He conned her! He doesn't know what Cora really wants.
And you do?
Her mother does.
Based on what? Letters? Diaries? A memorable conversation? A living will?
Based on the mother knowing her child.
That's not enough.
There's a difference between law and justice.
Casey, I agree. But this is not your fight.
[Novak turns on the TV, which shows NY1 coverage of a picket in front of the courthouse]
"Protect the disabled". Looks like there's no stoppin' mama now.
[on NY1, Virginia speaks to the press]
VVirginia
This rapist is trying to kill Cora. Do not let him do it. Please. I know my daughter. I know she wants to live. Help me fight back. This is legalized murder. Please! Help me send a message to the judge, to protect the disabled.
[Novak mutes the TV]
Don't let a tragedy turn into a circus. Convince Mrs. Kennison that the case oughta be tried in a court of law. Not in a court of public opinion.
The baby was more than 24 weeks old, it could have lived outside the womb.
But tragically it did not, so it is not a person, not a baby, not an unborn child; it is a fetus. My client is already handicapped by the law, let's not add insult to injury.
The only insult is to the English language.
There are people in this country who want to take us back to the 50's, and look what we've got - a 50's crime.
[the detectives return to the squad room, only to find that all the evidence is gone]
What the hell?
Everything's gone.
The whole de-con routine was a scam.
Why, Santa? Why?
My DD Fives, notebooks, all gone.
TTutuola
Who do we call when we’ve been raped?
[to Benson, after his talk with the chief] I don't like bein' bossed around by some G-man in a $1,000 suit.
SGSmall girl
One time, this big boy, he pushed Sean. He fell down.
What was the big boy's name?
GGirl
I don't know. But he's bad. I saw him smoking.
CCSU
[Displays bagged scissors] Found these in the school dumpster.
She means I found them under the tuna casserole. All she did is stand and point.
In the 6 months since Zoe and Kate took St. Victor's to court, the whole family's been harassed. They've even changed their phone numbers twice.
Didn't do any good. Broken windows, graffiti on the doors. Zoe's filed 6 reports. Nobody's ever been charged.
Since when did New York become a red state?
But Zoe wanted to make a point. Take the school to court. Win one for the cause.
Someone's got to fight the fight.
It shouldn't be an 8-year-old.
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