D.A. Adam Schiff quotes from Law & Order

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I won't go down like the Titanic.

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[after a guilty verdict] Let's go inform the public of the good news. Happy faces, everyone...

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This kid killed the man that was helping him. Until you can tell me why, you can have all the forensic evidence in the world, you won't get a conviction.

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Stick to the deal, no matter how much it turns your stomach...and mine.

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Last time Albany convicted a cop, I had a full head of black hair.

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[to McCoy] Can't you see the little picture for a change?

D.A. Adam Schiff

What does your gut tell you?

Put 'em in a dungeon, put 'em on a wheel, and annihilate 'em.

One way or another, that woman hit her child. That's not what bothers me.

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What does bothers you?

Well...my own rage

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She's what, a reporter?

Reporter? She does exploitive crap. All sizzle and no steak.

'Big Frankie', ha, ‘Dandy Don.'

D.A. Adam Schiff

You too can have monogrammed socks.

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A prosecution based on debt re-financing. That's going to get you real far with the jury.

I'll lay it out for them. I'll draw them a Monopoly board.

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Yeah, I'd like to see them get from 'Park Place' to 'Go.'

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You want a jury to ignore the evidence.

No, Chris and Amy want the jury to look at the law. I’ll get the jury to look at Chris and Amy.

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The law’s supposed to be a shield, not a sword. They’re despicable, yes. But by letter of the law they’re not guilty.

The legislature could never have conceived of anything like this, but wrong should not win by technicalities. You know that yourself.

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Get these bastards off the street.

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No excuses, you screwed up!

I thought-

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-Brains didn't enter into it!

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Who’s available to send in?

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

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

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

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Dragging us to the altar.

And I don't like shotgun weddings.