Law & Order (TV Series)

Deadline (2023)

Odelya Halevi: ADA Samantha Maroun

Quotes 

• Executive ADA Nolan Price : David Costa and Deputy Mayor Simonian were co-conspirators in an embezzlement scheme that led directly to the deaths of six people in a public housing unit fire.

  ADA Samantha Maroun : And Jacob Ackerman was working on an article that would have exposed their crimes, so Costa killed Ackerman and the deputy mayor to keep the truth from being discovered.

  DA Jack McCoy : And you have evidence to back this up?

  Executive ADA Nolan Price : DNA tests confirm that blood on the knife found at David Costa's home belongs to Ackerman.

  ADA Samantha Maroun : And while they didn't find a jacket or hat that matches the description of our witness, they did find this on Costa's social media. It's the same jacket from the surveillance footage.

  DA Jack McCoy : You can prove motive, means, and you've got him in possession of the murder weapon. What's the problem?

  Executive ADA Nolan Price : Well, our evidence in the Ackerman case is strong. But we don't have much, if anything, tying him to Simonian's murder.

  DA Jack McCoy : Then separate the cases.

  [PHONE BUZZES] 

  DA Jack McCoy : Hold off on Simonian's until you have more evidence. And in the meantime, move for trial on the Ackerman case.

  ADA Samantha Maroun : Costa's attorney just filed a motion. They want to suppress the murder weapon.

• Executive ADA Nolan Price : You been able to find anything in Costa's personal finances that ties him to the embezzlement?

  ADA Samantha Maroun : Negative. And I've requested information on SiteShield's account, but the bank in Panama where the company receives the funds is citing the privacy of their clients. And we have no jurisdiction to challenge it.

  DA Jack McCoy : Which is why Costa was funneling the embezzled funds through them in the first place.