“Deadlock” quotes from Law & Order

Docket #48215. People v. Leon Wayne Vorgitch. Charges are 8 counts of murder in the first degree, escape in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

How does the defendant plead, Mr....

Kiss my ass! That's how I plead.

Control your client, counselor.

I'll do my best, your honor. He pleads not guilty.

And since he's already serving three life sentences for mass murder, bail's not an issue.

Connie

But which cell he's returned to is, your honor. The defendant obtained the tools for his escape while incarcerated at Green Haven. People ask that corrections place him in a federal super-max facility pending trial.

Mr. Edlund?

No objection, your honor.

So ordered. [bangs gavel]

[as the court officers escort him out] You can lock me up wherever you want, bitch.

We're done! Get him out of here!

You can lock me up wherever you want, 'cause that's all you can do. And next time I get out, I'm comin' straight for you, bitch! [to the court officers] Get your hands off me.

McCoy

Murder-2 on all 8 charges.

Go to Hell, McCoy. Murder-1, 2, 3. What's the hell's that even mean? I want somethin' real. TV time. Conjugal visits.

McCoy

We're not here to offer perks, Mr. Vorgitch.

I want one of them flatscreens. That's my price. Take it or leave it.

McCoy

We'll leave it.

Fine, but every day I get on that bus and go to court is another day I don't have to spend in here. Another chance to escape.

I did exactly what you were trying to do. Everyone agreed he should die.

McCoy

I was seeking to have Vorgitch legally executed.

And I executed him. How can you come after me for that?

McCoy

Because New York doesn't have a do-it-yourself death penalty, Mr. Purcell.

I don't care what the law says.

Connie

That's hardly a defense.

McCoy

Vorgitch was a monster. No one disputes that the world is a better place without him, but this is not about who Robert Purcell murdered. It's about the simple fact that he is a murderer. Mr. Purcell is not insane. He does not believe himself to be a judge, a jury, or an executioner. And yet, by killing Leon Vorgitch, he chose to act as all 3. He may have felt morally justified, but still, he knew that what he did was wrong. So, the question before you is not: "Did Vorgitch deserve to die?". It's "Did Robert Purcell have the right to kill him?". And the answer is no. Leon Vorgitch was a danger to our society, but so is what the defense is asking of you today. They want you to look the other way. Even though Robert Purcell ignored our system of justice, took the law into his own hands, and committed murder in cold blood, they want you to give him a pass. If you let Robert Purcell get away with murder, just because you hate the man he shot, you're telling everyone out there that it's okay to kill, as long as the victim was a bad person. Judges, juries, who needs them? If you want to see insanity, let this murderer go.