Law & Order (TV Series)
Return (2000)
Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy
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Quotes
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D.A. Nora Lewin : If the case depends on the jury believing a career criminal who's cut a deal, I'd say we're in trouble.
Jack McCoy : We have a defendant who left the country rather than stand trial.
D.A. Nora Lewin : Which the defense will attribute to a combination of panic and religious fervor.
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Well, we could also establish that he was stealing from the business.
D.A. Nora Lewin : A business his father half owned.
Jack McCoy : Are you suggesting that we offer him a deal?
D.A. Nora Lewin : After what we went through to get him back here? Not on your life.
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Jack McCoy : He pleads to murder two. No special circumstances, no death penalty. Twenty to life, and he serves it in an Israeli prison.
Nathan Becker : He must be under the impression they're winning.
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : That's a pretty high-stakes gamble if we are.
Brad Feldman : Twenty to life isn't exactly a generous offer.
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Considering this is a murder for hire, I think it's exceedingly generous.