Rolff makes a product that any clever 12-year-old can turn into a weapon of mass destruction.
I'm appalled. Write them a letter.
S10 E1Gunshow
Jack wants the jury to make a finding of emotion, not of fact. This isn't a trial. It's gun control by other means.
They can sell guns on the internet. Talking about control is a joke.
So this is your answer? Putting gun makers in jail?
I'd like to start by putting Rolff Firearms out of business!
Responsible adults can own firearms without the entire country sinking into criminal anarchy.
What's the point? Maybe when the redcoats were coming over Bunker Hill.
How about somebody 6'5" coming through my door? The people have a right to defend themselves!
Madam Foreperson, as to each of the 15 counts of the indictment: Murder in the second degree, has the jury reached a unanimous verdict?
FForeperson
Yes, we have, your honor. We find the defendant guilty.
[applause is heard in the courtroom; the judge bangs his gavel, silencing them]
Order! Order! Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I thank you for your service. You are excused. [to the stenographer] Don't pack it up just yet, Linda. I'm finding, as a matter of law, the People failed to meet the standard of proof I set at the beginning of trial. The People did not establish that the weapon was hazardous per se, nor that the main actor in the homicide used the weapon as it was intended to be used by Mr. Weber. Therefore, I'm setting aside the jury verdict and issuing a directed verdict of not guilty. The defendant is free to go. [bangs gavel]
Objection!
[bangs gavel again] Order! Order!
[approaches the bench] I'm filing notice of the People's intent to appeal! This is outside the scope of your authority!
Mr. McCoy, I'm not gonna sanction a verdict that can't possibly be sustained on appeal. This conviction isn't based on any proven facts. It's based on the jury's outrage at Mr. Weber's irresponsible and inexcusable conduct. You wanna end the violence, the bloodletting. So do I, Mr. McCoy. In my 30 years on the bench, I've seen every permutation of it, and it sickens me when somebody profits from it! But tempted, though I may be, putting Mr. Weber in jail won't end the carnage. Until we cure what ails the human heart, it won't make a dent in the body count. In the meantime, no matter how profound our grief, our indignation, I can't let you use this court to raise a lynch mob. I won't allow you to exploit the same base actions Mr. Weber counts on to beef up his bottom line! It's not about being right, Mr. McCoy. It's about doing right. Now, we're adjourned.
S10 E2Killerz
Jenny's been emotionally abused, maybe physically. She lashes out when her anger reaches the boiling point.
So we lock this girl up?
Get used to it. There are more and more girls committing violent crimes. I don't see anything from Jenny except a future of escalating antisocial behavior.
What makes you say that?
Emotional abuse. The snuffed cat. Blacked out photographs. Her lack of response when I went after her.
Fantasies about hurting little boys.
Previews of coming attractions. She's graduated to murder, she's not going to stop.
You sound pretty sure.
The kid's a done deal. She's a textbook serial killer. You just got her early.
[McCoy and Sharkey deliver closing arguments]
SSharkey
Your honor, my client is 10 years old. She has teddy bears on her bedspread and a Big Bird piggy bank filled with pennies, and she killed a child. It's so incongruous, it's almost inconceivable. Dr. Olivet has testified that because of her age, and because of the way her brain works, she simply couldn't appreciate that as she struck Aaron Polansky with a rock, she was killing him. Jenny thought she could revive him with a 1-1/2 volt battery. It speaks for itself. Mr. McCoy's position is to ignore the question of responsibility and brand Jenny Brandt a killer. She'll never change. We have to put her away. People change. If anyone can change, it's a child. And Dr. Olivet has emphasized that this will not happen in a state mental hospital. Mr. McCoy's solution is a solution of last resort. Please, don't give up on her, judge.
Jenny got dealt a lousy hand. I look at her with pity and regret. But Jenny Brandt is trouble. She battered Aaron Polansky's head and stuffed him in a pipe. Miss Sharkey wants us to believe that she didn't appreciate what she did. I don't agree. Jenny daydreams about killing small boys. She even had a trial run with a cat, but ultimately what she could or could not appreciate is irrelevant. Jenny is a loaded gun! She has a cocked fist with a rock in it! She needs to be stopped before she kills again! Dr. Olivet talks about sending Jenny to a state institution like it's a death sentence that turns the world upside down. Aaron Polansky got a death sentence! Jenny would get treatment. Now, everybody knows state psychiatric care could be better. But letting Jenny get away with murder won't help this girl. How will she ever appreciate that her actions have consequences if there are none? And how many children will she kill before the adult criminal justice system can take over? Do we have to wait and see? Miss Sharkey would like us to cross our fingers and hope. Hope that it won't happen again. I have my own kind of hope. I hope the state doctors can find a way to fix this girl. I hope that it takes 6 months. But until they do, we can't afford Miss Sharkey's brand of hope. We need to protect the Aaron Polanskys of this world from Jenny Brandt.
S10 E3DNR
There must be 10, 15 grand here. Where'd you get the money, Bobby?
BBobby
Bite me!
Go ahead. Bite him.
A civil court judge needs a gun?
Maybe she hands out too much alimony.
S10 E4Merger
The laws for the rich are different.
What laws for the rich?
[to Briscoe] You were never a kid?
Old Spice forgot to take his gingko.
S10 E5Justice
[to Carmichael, during a lineup] Don't be shy - next time just point to my client.
S10 E6Marathon
I heard the news. We get the gun, they toss it. We get the confession.
We?
I've been sayin' "we" to cover your ass, outta respect for you.
I don't need that kinda respect.
Good, 'cause I've been walkin' on eggshells ever since we caught this case.
'Bout as long as you've been pissin' me off.
Pissing you off?! Why? 'Cause I don't blend in with the rest of the roaches?
Oh, is that what this is about?! Because you know that's not how I meant that!
No, no, no. I will tell you what I know. If it wasn't for your screw-ups, we'd have nailed this guy a long time ago!
My screw-ups?! Your stuff's been gettin' thrown outta court ever since you got here!
Well, maybe I take chances, because my partner can't get it up!
[throws the transcript at his partner] Maybe you just get off on takin' chances!
BRISCOE!
[Briscoe turns to the angry lieutenant]
In my office!
[Briscoe enters Van Buren's office after his clash with Green]
What's goin' on?
I'm done workin' with Green.
The hell you are!
I don't need him second-guessing everything I do.
Green's not your problem.
Then what is my problem? You tell me.
That's what I'm tryin' to figure out.
You think I'm too old to cut it?!
Whoa! Now, where's that comin' from?
From the flavor of the month out there.
You've been here 6 years. You know I don't play favorites.
Well, 6 years should count for somethin' more than my pension.
Look, I'm behind you, Lennie. But I believe this case is messin' with you.
This case pans out the same whether I'm 25 or 75!
Right. I'm glad you feel that way. So, pull yourself together, because it isn't over.
S10 E7Patsy
TTaylor
[to his attorney] Charles, do something!
Yeah, counselor, why don't you click your heels 3 times and say there's no place like home.
You see, whoever raped Cecilia used a condom, except some of his little guys got away from him. That's why we took your blood, Taylor.
TTaylor
That doesn't concern me one bit.
[walks into room with a folder] The lab results are in. The DNA found at the scene matches the sample we took from the sheets.
Ooh! You should have been more careful when removing your party hat, Ken.
S10 E8Blood Money
Rock, paper, scissors, gun!
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