The only thing worse than he said/she said is he said/he said.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
I wanna get this guy as much as you do. I'm just wondering, would you challenge a straight marriage like this?
If I thought that the husband was good for a murder? I'd cross-examine the priest.
You're going to claim that a gay man married to another gay man hates gays?
Watch me.
You have any vacation days accumulated?
Oh, I don't know... 50, 60 weeks?
Mr. Amiri, we've also become aware that Mr. Rhodes was a victim of sexual abuse as a child.
AAmiri
I'm sure that's true for half my cases. But the government doesn't pardon murderers because they had a bad childhood.
Look, it took me 15 minutes to find out that the deceased had a record for solicitation of young men. I need to prove that the original defense lawyer to tell the jury about mitigating circumstances. Period.
AAmiri
Mr. Ellis, what we do is triage. I've got people on death row for crimes they didn't commit. You think you can come in and do a better job? Have at it.
Thank you. That's all I wanted to hear.
FBI Agent Lewis, this is my partner, Detective Nick Amaro.
Nice to meet you, sunshine.
You, too. Hey, can I ask what the FBI's interest is in a New York cold case?
We think he's a serial. He's our prime suspect in three other rape/murders - Sacramento, Philadelphia, Washington, besides two in New York.
But the DNA matched a Manhattan case, makes it ours. And these aren't federal crimes.
How about we work together on this?
Just so you know, Nick, when she asks, it's not really a question.
Yeah, I'm getting that.
I don't wanna move.
It's 6 feet, Fin.
You're all still too complacent. I've said before, I'll say it again. It's a new year, I wanna shake things up.
I like my old desk.
Well, we can get you a grief counselor.
[Rollins has filed an order of protection against her sister's abusive ex-boyfriend]
Amanda can't keep me from my baby.
You want us to bring you in right now? [he stays silent] I didn't think so.
[SVU puts up Rollins' bail]
Don't jump bail, or we'll all be living with Fin.
[Caleb holds a TV press conference on his domestic violence arrest]
CCaleb
Ya'll know me. I'm a lover, not a fighter. I love Mischa, she knows that. She knows what really happened. She's not gonna let NYPD send another innocent black man to jail!
[watching on TV] Oh, that's good to know. I guess we can all go home.
[Mischa refuses to leave Caleb, even after he repeatedly abuses her]
So what do we do now?
We wait.
For what?
The inevitable.
Really? You and Cassidy?
A: I didn't tell you because it's none of your business. B: It's really not that big of a deal. And C, Nick: I didn't tell you because I didn't want this.
[Cassidy has been cleared of a bogus rape charge]
Brian, you didn't do anything.
Once accused, always under suspicion. Even from you.
From me? Brian, I believed you.
I'd like to believe that. [starts to leave]
Whoa, Brian, Brian... So what, we're over now?
I don't know. [pause, smiles] Wanna get a drink somewhere and not talk about it?
PPurcell
How many innocent men have you arrested?
Only one, and when I found out he was innocent, I fought for his release.
PPurcell
One, out of thousands of others. Men, they're all rapists, right?
Objection. Argumentative - and ridiculous.
Remember when you asked about my father, and I told you it was a long story?
Yeah.
It's not that long.
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