Benjamin Stone quotes from Law & Order

You're not that smart- you never were. [grins] Call me, we'll do lunch. [He drives off.]

Robinette

You'd really eat lunch with him?

Oh, maybe. If he orders crow.

Schiff

Who’s available to send in?

An armed robber. A rent-gouging landlord. Both of those are ripe for deals.

Schiff

Go with the armed robber: ends up in front of a jury, get more sympathy than a landlord.

Robinette

If he takes the deal, I’d say 'Yes'.

If he takes the deal, I’ll start buying lottery tickets.

I don't know, I think 25 to life is pretty good.

Robinette

I know two people that would call it a gift.

Maybe this would cheer them up. [hands him a newspaper]

Robinette

The obituaries?

Richard Speck murdered eight nurses and died in prison. He was 49. Cheney's 42.

[about her husband, an accused serial killer] I loved him. I didn't know.

Didn't know what?

That he was an animal.

Sir, please explain the facts of life to your client

What? The birds, the bees, the penal code?

Tomorrow's Post. Says we're negotiating a plea. No attribution.

Schiff

Dragging us to the altar.

And I don't like shotgun weddings.

My father wanted me to be a doctor. I went so far as to study organic chemistry.

Schiff

What happened?

I grew up.

Schiff

You look like the messenger who’s afraid he’s going to be killed.

I'm afraid the message might kill the recipient.

Okay, so it's not a walk in the park.

Schiff

Yes, it is. You're going to get mugged.

This isn’t even your party, Ben. This is a corporate matter. We should be in civil court.

When seven people end up dead, Richard, I send out engraved invitations.

Okay, Ben, what do you want?

In a perfect world, I'd like to see your client locked in a room for a week with these women. But I'll settle for seeing him spend the rest of his life in jail.

If we let him walk, we’re endorsing an armed populace that metes out justice as they see fit.

Schiff

If we try him and lose, it’s the same message. With our credibility as an appetizer.

Schiff

Yes? [Listens] Uh-huh? [Continues] Not an accident? [Continues] Thank you. [Hangs up] The gun dealer was in the yard at Rikers; had his throat cut. The victim's mother was thrown out a third-storey window.

Robinette

What about the little girl?

Schiff

She was picked up after school by her uncle.

She doesn't have an uncle.

An SS officer, Heinrich, came to our door and gave us cake instead of bread. He said that if I could convince my neighbors to go along, nobody would be killed. People lived a few days, a few hours longer. That's what it was about. People who were not there could not possibly understand.

Your wife understood, sir. That's why you killed her.