Law & Order (TV Series)

Gaijin (2004)

Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy

Quotes 

• Arthur Branch : I guess you won't be joining us for the bar association gala tonight.

  Jack McCoy : I'm hoping for a verdict.

  Arthur Branch : You said that two days ago.

  Jack McCoy : Olson called. They're willing to plead to murder two.

  Arthur Branch : Yeah, well, tell him he's got a better chance of catching a bat in a fly trap.

  Jack McCoy : We might have a hung jury, Arthur.

  Arthur Branch : The man made a cynical and heartless decision to murder his wife for money. And the fact that he tried to exploit racial divisions makes it even more heinous.

  Jack McCoy : I agree.

  Arthur Branch : I have faith in this jury. And the good sense of New Yorkers.

• [last lines] 

  Serena Southerlyn : Seems kind of fitting after trashing this country, Mr. Yoshida will probably get to spend the rest of his life here.

  Jack McCoy : We got the right guy, but Arthur was playing with fire.

  Serena Southerlyn : When we arrested Yoshida, the truth came out.

  Jack McCoy : You know how newspaper retractions are always on an inside page in small print? You ever wonder how many people see the front page story and miss the follow-up correction?

• Stephen Olson : Your Honor, my client cannot possibly receive a fair trial in any of the five boroughs. Public opinion is clearly against him.

  Jack McCoy : Mr. Yoshida stages a murder, fabricates a story, blames the city, inflames public opinion, and now he raises the possible backlash as a basis for change of venue?

  Stephen Olson : The point is my jury pool is made up of the very people he badmouthed.

  Judge Thomas Everton : Mr. Olson, where would you propose I move this case, were I so inclined?

  Stephen Olson : Any location other than New York City. Upstate someplace.

  Jack McCoy : Where they share Mr. Yoshida's low opinion of New York City.

  Judge Thomas Everton : Counselor, relax. It was just a hypothetical. Change of venue is reserved for cases that present a bias so pervasive that it cannot be overcome in the normal process of jury selection.

  Stephen Olson : Your Honor, my client is presumed innocent. And as such, is entitled to an unbiased jury.

  Judge Thomas Everton : That's what voir dire is for.