Connie Rubirosa quotes from Law & Order

Cutter

Jonah Applebaum is the Boxcar Basher?

McCoy

You just put an insane serial killer back on the street.

Connie

He doesn't know that we know that. We... we can still pick him up.

McCoy

You damn well better. This could be Willie Horton all over again.

Cutter

Willie Horton? You're not worried about the election, are you?

McCoy

I'm worried about everything. About him killing someone else. About the way this office is run. A serial killer in our hands and then released. Am I being too picky?

I did a job for Halliwell, and then I decided to stay in town and enjoy the sights.

Connie

The sights? From where, Zagat's Guide to S&M Dungeons?

McCoy

[raises a glass before the election] May we live to fight another day.

Connie

Hear, hear.

Cutter

You having fun?

Connie

I am gonna kill you and then I’m gonna kill McCoy.

Cutter

On camera?

Connie

I don’t…I don’t care! I’d be better off in prison! Where are you?

Cutter

Uh, I’m in the courthouse. [watches her across the street] You almost here?

Connie

Yeah. Uh-huh. [angry] Except first I have to tell my friend the CAMERA what’s going on!

Cutter

What are you gonna say?

Connie

[exasperated sigh] Don’t worry, just the party line.

Cutter

I'll book some time for the grand jury.

McCoy

What for? The woman's insane.

Cutter

Not for her. Did you see the file on worldposse.net?

McCoy

That place on the World Wide Web?

Connie

Actually, they don't call it that anymore.

McCoy

I'm sorry, should I have said "wireless telegraph"?

Connie

Tell the judge we need more time. We can reach him.

Cutter

He's already been reached.

Connie

[about Conway] Now that he has a taste for violence, how likely is he to stop?

How about, "Not bloody likely"?

Connie

Everyone in this room knows he won't get less than 25 to life after a conviction for a hate crime.

You know what? I'm sick of this hate crime crap! It's not like he was a black guy. [to Connie] Or a spic!

Cutter

Our offer just went up to 25.

Mike...

Cutter

Go to trial if you don't like it.

How about our motion for dismissal? How about your law license?

Cutter

You can have my license! It'll free me up to testify about the hate speech your client spewed in here. And after he's convicted of murder in state court, I'll walk across to the U.S. Attorney's office and have your client prosecuted for violating the Matthew Shepard Act. Hate murder against gays is a federal offense now. Are you ready to do back-to-back life sentences, Mr. Stuber? You will die in jail!

[whispers to Ryan] Is that true?

Uh, he'll take the 20 years you originally offered.

Cutter

It's 25 or nothing. Now or never, Mr. Stuber.

Is this Fed thing for real?

Yes, I'm afraid so.

I'll take the 25. That guy's nuts, you know that?

[looking sadly at Cutter] Yeah, I do.

McCoy

Looks like you may be facing a lynch mob in the courtroom.

Cutter

Can you blame them? Maybe we should hand this one off to the Feds. The U.S. Attorney would lap this up.

Connie

The U.S. Attorney would execute his own mother to show what a hardass he is.

McCoy

Two guilty pleas. You look like someone ran over your dog.

Cutter

Well, I won, but Nicole Shoemaker lost. She'll grow up with a father and grandfather in prison, under the care of a mom whose selfishness set this whole tragedy in motion.

Connie

That's why I never went into family law. That's where all the heartbreak is.

McCoy

Heartbreak is everywhere in this job. As you both know. Take consolation in getting the right result. It's a good day's work.

Cutter

Yeah, but not a good day.

Cutter

Camille agreed to plead guilty to man 1. 12 years. Andrea took 5 years as an accessory.

Connie

Senator Peterson announced that he is not resigning. He's standing by his wife.

McCoy

Too little, too late.

Connie

Your former lover's testimony will tell us what really happened.

Really. And what do your former lovers have to say about you?

Connie

They'd rather let a murderer go free than give their wives a fair share of their assets.

Cutter

Yeah. Makes me appreciate being single.

Mrs. Di Napoli pleads not guilty.

Ah, no. She pleads not possible.

Excuse me?

How can you murder your own heart?

Connie

The actual charge, your honor, is murdering her husband.

How can you murder your own soul?

Stick around. You'll see.