Law & Order (TV Series)
Purple Heart (1995)
Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy
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Quotes
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Executive ADA Jack McCoy : If I can't reopen, I'll put the hitman on as a rebuttal witness.
DA Adam Schiff : Rebuttal to what?
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : I'll drag some statement out of Mrs. Johnson on cross-examination that he can rebut.
DA Adam Schiff : What cross-examination? Your case is such a shambles that the defense attorney would have to be brain dead to put her on! She doesn't take the stand, your witness doesn't take the stand.
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : Then I'll just have to convince the defense attorney that it's in his best interest to call Mrs. Johnson.
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Denise Johnson : All I wanted was to make something of myself - for myself, and my son, and my husband.
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : But your husband was hardly helping.
Denise Johnson : He was the father of my child; I did not want him dead.
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : I see... You just didn't care much, one way or the other.
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Executive ADA Jack McCoy : Mrs. Johnson, nobody likes to let a murderer walk; the appellate judges will know what you did.
Denise Johnson : ...What are my choices?
Mr. Elliot : ...Man two; she does three to nine.
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : She's lucky the death penalty isn't the law yet. Murder two - 15 to life. If you wait for the jury to convict, it'll be 25.
Denise Johnson : ...I grew up in a two-room apartment. My mother sent me and my sisters to school with mashed potato sandwiches for lunch. I pulled myself above that - and no one helped me. Not Danny; people thought he was charming. When he took that fifteen thousand dollars from me, it was not charming.
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[last lines]
ADA Claire Kincaid : She killed two men - still believes they're the bad guys.
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : They interfered with her cash flow.
ADA Claire Kincaid : No - it wasn't about money.
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : Maybe it wasn't the motive, but it was her cue for passion.
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DA Adam Schiff : At least you got one redeeming factor.
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : And what's that?
DA Adam Schiff : Saving the citizens a little money, losing two cases for the price of one.
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Executive ADA Jack McCoy : We've changed our theory of the case. We'll be arguing that Mrs. Johnson killed Kovac for revenge.
Mr. Elliot : Revenge?
ADA Claire Kincaid : He killed her beloved husband; she wanted to get even.
Mr. Elliot : That's fiction, and they know it!
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : We don't need your permission to present a different motive to the jury.
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Dewey Lattimer : Read my label, miss - Attempted Armed Robbery, two to six; that's it.
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : If you were hired to kill that cab driver, and you can tell us by whom, we can change those numbers.
Dewey Lattimer : You want me to cop to attempted murder, man? Nah, that's aight. That ain't good for this mack man's health.
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : We're not after you. We want the person who hired you.
Dewey Lattimer : ...And if I give it up?
Executive ADA Jack McCoy : You can call a cab, and go home.