Benjamin Stone quotes from Law & Order

You have an expert witness?

I do, judge: a psychologist.

Why didn't we hear about this in pre-trial motions?

Gee, Ben, I'm sorry. I was a little late with my legal research.

You knew about this weeks ago; you warned me that this witness would be a problem.

[Hurried] I don't recall that.

Off the record, please. [His scribe stops typing] I can't prove this, Tom, but I think you're lying.

Your honor, I don't think --

Don't play dumb with me. You didn't want Ben to know where you were going. I'll let you have your witness, but one of these days, you're gonna get caught, you'll get disbarred, and I'll be there to applaud.

Schiff

Quick, lock the door; someone might walk in with a case we could win.

Come on, Adam, the jury didn't buy it. Cross-racial identification, it's bogus.

Schiff

I wouldn't count your chickens; your omelette just hit the fan.

Schiff

Young people get impatient with old people. Especially cantankerous ones.

Oh yeah? Speaking from personal experience?

Schiff

I'm a sweetheart. And I'm middle-aged.

Schiff

That girl's lawyer ought to send you a thank you note.

She'll do two years, Adam.

Schiff

Uh-huh, and when she gets out, she'll be what, 24?

25.

Schiff

I'd do two years in Attica happily if I walked out 25.

Your Honor, this is insufficient. The defendant is behaving as if someone else committed this crime.

You want him on his knees, Ben?

Judge Thayer

Walter...

Judge Schreiber, to you. Now, I've heard all the dodging and weaving I can take on this one. You wore the same robes I do, you know the drill. Now, if you want to dance, you can come back and dance at a trial, so let's hear it. All of it.

He's not your typical killer.

Schiff

He is. He killed somebody.

Schiff

After twenty years in this office, you'd think you'd have a sense of reality.

Reality? The reality is that no one is willing to draw a line in the sand. Nobody is willing to say that the law is the law. And if you break it, you will be prosecuted: win, lose or draw.

Arnette Fenady applied for custody of Wendy Sylvester.

Schiff

She must be crazier than we thought.

No way a court grants her application.

Schiff

No way she was supposed to be acquitted, either.

What kind of mother could she possibly be?

For Wendy's sake, I hope a good one.

What do you say we cut right to the chase? My client's recanting his statement.

What's your explanation for that? He lied on his statement because he was abused as a child?

Schiff

I never thought I'd get a letter of resignation from you. Thought you'd be here long after I was gone.

It's not entirely about you.

Schiff

That's kind of you, thank you. Steven Green is filing an appeal.

Based on what?

Schiff

Coercion of a witness. Anne Madsen.

Considering the witness is dead, the appeals court should be amused. I brought Claire up to speed on my open cases.

Schiff

She'll be fine. And you?

I'm clear as a bell.