Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Mercy (2003)
Richard Belzer: Detective John Munch
Quotes
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A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : Andrea's lawyer is going to argue that this was a crime of love.
Detective John Munch : It doesn't matter what intentions the road is paved with, Alex, it all leads to the same place.
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A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : I take it you side with the defense.
Detective John Munch : Oh ye of little faith.
A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : I thought you were pro- euthanasia.
Detective John Munch : Yeah, for adults competent enough to ask for it.
A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : But not for children?
Detective John Munch : If first we kill babies with diseases, then children who are disabled, where does it all end?
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Dr. George Huang : Tay-Sachs is most common among certain ethnic groups, particularly the Jewish community.
Detective John Munch : Same old story. When all else fails, round up the Jews.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [to Andrea] You fed Sarah the drugs. DNA proves that little girl in the river is your daughter.
Andrea Brown : She was my baby. You could never know how hard this was. Instead of suffering, she just went peacefully to sleep.
Detective John Munch : It's still murder.
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Detective John Munch : Every Jewish couple I know got tested for Tay-Sachs before they walked down the aisle. Why would an educated couple like the Browns roll the dice and take those chances?
Detective Elliot Stabler : Because they thought there was no chance they could have a Tay-Sachs baby.
Detective John Munch : Danny wasn't born Jewish, got better odds at hitting the lottery than carrying the Tay-Sachs gene.
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Detective John Munch : [to Cabot] Good work, Counselor.
A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : She didn't deserve 25-to-life.
Detective John Munch : Jury thought so.
A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : Because I turned her into a whore.
Detective John Munch : Doesn't matter. She killed her child.
A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : What if it was your daughter? What would you have done?
Detective John Munch : Whatever I could.
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Detective John Munch : I don't like it. The only reason we got this list is because Judge Hill is slightly to the right of Attila the Hun.
Odafin Tutuola : Why don't you give it a rest? How many you got?
Detective John Munch : Twenty-four pregnant college girls. And excuse me if I'm alarmed by the total disregard for human rights in this country.
Odafin Tutuola : If you got a problem with it, why don't you get your bony ass out of here?