Law & Order · Season 9
[about Affirmative Action] You wouldn't have gotten any complaints from me; it came in after I joined the department and it'll still be there when I'm gone.
Well you wouldn't have liked my answers. When I was filling out my application, when it asked about race, I checked 'none of the above'.
Well I'd like to think I got where I am on my own merit.
So would I, but I got 2,000 pages of legal documents that say contrary.
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.
Always eatin' our dust, huh, Briscoe?
[Briscoe punches him]
Don't even think about it!
No crime, no cover up. 3 people dead, and no one's accountable.
Justice on a budget. What'd you end up charging them with?
Tampering with evidence. An E felony.
Oh.
We arraigned them, they posted bail. $2,000. Then they walk away from 3 murders.
We can always hope they jump bail.
I don't believe a woman is gay until she personally rejects me.
You must know a lot of lesbians!
Place is negative for condoms, or any kind of contraceptive devices. Ditto peekaboo bras, Merry Widows, any Doc Johnson products. This lady had no discernible sex life!
Maybe she enjoyed solitaire
Whatever happened to sending the kid to her room?
They tried that. The mother kept her chained to a radiator.
There's no church here! Rose Hallacy was a loose cannon!
Who didn't take a dime from Margot Gracen or anybody else, ministered to these people out of the goodness of her heart, gave up worldly things to do the work of God.
Spoken like a parochial schoolboy.
6 years at St. Ignatius.
Did they teach you how to do exorcisms, Jack?
They taught us to have a healthy respect for the devil.
The only devil in this case is the woman we're trying for murder.
The Crusades. Islamic jihad. Holy wars. There is an oxymoron if ever there was one. Are these slaughters excused because they were perpetrated in the name of God? And those are the easy cases. Rosa Halacy isn't some bloodthirsty crusader bent on wiping out the infidel. She's a woman who heard the voice of God tell her to save a child from the Devil. What do you make of Rosa Halacy and her calling? I can't answer it myself. Mr. Wade says you can't convict her because she's a good person, maybe even a holy person. I'm not sure I disagree with his characterization, but it brings you right back to the contradiction. Can a righteous person commit a wrongful act? What I do know is that Rosa Halacy is flesh and blood, like you and me. We can't let Rosa Halacy assert for herself the power we vest in our Supreme Being. She may hear God, but she may not play God. Just because she has a divine mission, it doesn't exempt her from the code of human behavior. When she squeezed the life out of Kira Grayson in the back room of her apartment, she violated that code. Her passion for God, however tangible and heartfelt, rendered her oblivious to the mortality of Kira Grayson. She's responsible for the consequences of her convictions. And just as her God holds her accountable, so should we.
Doctors. I can't believe my mother wanted me to marry one.
It may be time to make the best deal we can with all of them. 2 years probation, a fine.
Oh, a fine! Ouch! Those poor doctors might have to hock one of their Porsche's.
Abby, there isn't much of a case left.
But there's still a victim! Jack, she went in a healthy woman, she came out a corpse!
Between the 2 of us, depraved indifference is a reach. Criminally negligent homicide is a gift! I wouldn't squander it.
You make excuses, I'll make the case.
Miss Carmichael, we'd like to discuss a deal.
Why should I cut your client a break?
Well, you haven't proven negligence yet.
But here you are.
Did Pelham ever complain to internal affairs about her? That she assaulted him or was stalking him?
We don't have anything on file like that. We got reports she spends a lot of time in the gym with her fellow female officers.
Your point?
Maybe she's got a problem with men.
Thank you for dropping by, lieutenant. Careful you don't get carpet burns on your knuckles.
After six years, I still don't know what cops are about.
I grew up with one. I don't know, either.
Well, they're real good at circling the wagons to protect themselves from the likes of us.
And who protects them from each other?
Andrew Hampton accepted our offer. Attempted Man 1, 6-12 years in jail.
Well hopefully his sister will be joining him.
You don't think he can convince a jury Nicole put him up to it?
I think she'll toss her hair back a few times and convince them she didn't.
Really cynical, Abby.
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