D.A. Adam Schiff quotes from Law & Order

Ross

His whole life was a charade. It's pathetic.

McCoy

Maybe thirty, forty years ago, it made more sense.

Schiff

Back then, they had lynch mobs and bull-whips. Now, they use toilet plungers. Progress.

Ross

[about Anderton] Last year he made a surprise takeover bid for Commonwealth Airlines. One week later, he withdrew the bid, and accused the FAA and the stockholders of conspiring against him. It's classic manic-depressive behavior.

Schiff

Doesn't make sense. Runs a Fortune 500 company.

McCoy

So did Howard Hughes.

Schiff

The whole world says her father's a murderer; one guy tells her he's sick. She heard what she wanted to hear.

Ross

We all do.

McCoy

Yeah, but we don't all pay $40,000 to hear it.

I've always supported you, Adam. Every time you've come up for re-election, I've busted my hump for you, and I've never asked for anything in return. But if you don't back off on this one, I'll bury you.

Schiff

Start digging.

McCoy

I could probably get an indictment for manslaughter.

Carmichael

Manslaughter?! They never gave that baby a chance. They faked an identity for her. They never told anyone she needed medical attention.

Schiff

I don't see any intent here to kill this baby.

Carmichael

It's depraved indifference. Murder-2. They knew the baby was going to die. They didn't care one way or the other.

Schiff

Assumption. Charge them with Man-one.

Carmichael

We send a message that it's sort of okay to kill a baby? This isn't a couple of teenagers who killed their newborn because they were scared. These are two adults who went to a lot of trouble to dump a dying child and to cover their tracks. I may be the new kid here, but to me this sounds like murder.

McCoy

They'll be pariahs for the rest of their lives.

Carmichael

They lose a few friends. That's your idea of justice?

McCoy

3-6 years in a state prison is not a cake walk. How many drug dealers got a free pass from you?

Carmichael

The ones who could give me someone bigger in return. All the Connerys have to offer is their plea-bargained remorse. She's still trying to blame it on Kostov. Did you see her husband cut her off?

McCoy

She's the least culpable of the 3.

Carmichael

[exasperated] Oh, gentlemen, please! That sorry excuse for a woman has a hole in her soul.

Schiff

That's enough.

McCoy

I can take care of myself, Adam.

Schiff

Then remain objective. It was Edward Connery's actions that directly caused the little girl's death, and he's an attorney. He knew what he was doing.

McCoy

The Connerys will never do this again. Kostov has and will, over and over again.

Schiff

Are Kostov's children better off in the new homes?

Carmichael

All but Marianna. [beat] I have a solution that will make us all happy.

McCoy

What's that?

Carmichael

No deals for anybody. Let's hang 'em all.

McCoy

No crime, no cover up. 3 people dead, and no one's accountable.

Schiff

Justice on a budget. What'd you end up charging them with?

Carmichael

Tampering with evidence. An E felony.

Schiff

Oh.

Carmichael

We arraigned them, they posted bail. $2,000. Then they walk away from 3 murders.

McCoy

We can always hope they jump bail.

Schiff

Whatever happened to sending the kid to her room?

Carmichael

They tried that. The mother kept her chained to a radiator.

McCoy

Any indication it's Clemente?

Carmichael

The cops asked him for a DNA sample, he refused.

McCoy

Did he have a reason?

Carmichael

Outrage. He says the suspicion of him is racist.

Schiff

Only Hispanic professor on a white campus. Could be he's right.

Carmichael

Could be he did it.

McCoy

Let's make sure we're not trashing this man's reputation just because he's uncooperative.

Carmichael

But let's not let it go just because he's screaming racism!

McCoy

Rolff makes a product that any clever 12-year-old can turn into a weapon of mass destruction.

Schiff

I'm appalled. Write them a letter.

Schiff

This teenager commits the perfect crime.

McCoy

I know, it's hard to believe. C.S.U. luminoled every conceivable spot in the building and they didn't find a drop of blood.

Schiff

Kid gets off, father buys him a bazooka

McCoy

How did he clean up all that blood?

Carmichael

He got an A in Home Ec?

Carmichael

[about Regina Mulroney] Why is everyone afraid of this woman?

Schiff

Regina's favorite joke: What's the difference between a lace-curtain Irish and a shanty Irish?

McCoy

Lace-curtain Irish move the dishes before they piss in the kitchen sink.

Schiff

She's shanty Irish, and proud of it.

McCoy

And so am I.

Schiff

Have you arrested this girl?

Carmichael

Not yet.

Schiff

Are you waiting for an invitation?