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- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: Sandra Telford had her husband served with divorce papers at Rikers.
- Jack McCoy: Sacrificed her marriage to save her son's.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: She spoke up sooner, she might have saved Chris Skinner.
- Jack McCoy: Want to put her in jail, too?
- D.A. Adam Schiff: Don't tempt me.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: I had two daughters. One of them was murdered.
- James Granick: Because she turned state's evidence in a drug case?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: She was gonna testify against a dealer.
- James Granick: So she was selling drugs herself?
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: Objection!
- Judge Harlan Newfield: Overruled.
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: [reluctantly admitting it] Yeah, she was selling drugs.
- James Granick: And as her father, under Mr. McCoy's theory, shouldn't you be held criminally responsible for her drug dealing?
- Detective Lennie Briscoe: Criminally responsible? No. But I didn't give her the pills and teach her how to sell them.
- Judge Colin Fraser: Murder in the second degree. How does the defendant plead?
- Robert Telford: Not guilty.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: The People request $500,000 bail.
- James Granick: They're dreaming, Your Honor.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: We have a weapon that matches the fatal wound.
- James Granick: No blood was found on this weapon, or in the defendant's apartment.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: There's evidence the victim's body was dragged through the defendant's stairwell.
- James Granick: Tobacco residue that could have come from a million places. All they've got is coincidence.
- A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: You get enough coincidences, they start to add up.
- Judge Colin Fraser: Yes, they do. To $20,000.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: What did Potter Stewart say about pornography?
- Jack McCoy: "I can't define what it is, but I know it when I see it."
- Jack McCoy: Our problem is how to make the case against Telford.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: Make sure the jury knows he dropped the ball.
- Jack McCoy: And we get a conviction for bad parenting.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: He gave his son a sword, sent him out to practice neck chops.
- Jack McCoy: Ah, bad parenting in the first degree.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: His indifference created the risk. Only a matter of time before that kid attacked somebody.
- Jack McCoy: OK, suppose we pull it off. Who's next, Adam?
- D.A. Adam Schiff: What did Potter Stewart say about pornography?
- Jack McCoy: I can't define what it is, but I know it when I see it.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: Right. Telford could have stopped his son. The way I read the law, that makes him a murderer.
- Jack McCoy: Maybe you should try the case.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: [laughs] I have to do all the work around here? You think he's innocent?
- Jack McCoy: I don't.
- D.A. Adam Schiff: Well, I'm sure you'll do fine.