ADA Jack McCoy: Sometimes Lennie Briscoe doesn't hit it out of the park.
Det. Mike Logan: That really frosts my cookies.
ADA Jack McCoy: If that's the way you feel, Danielle, move to suppress.
Danielle Melnick: Right. Judge Logan's gonna rule fisa violates the Fourth Amendment. How many beers have you had?
Jack McCoy: The last time I checked, "Stupid" isn't a defense for murder.
Jack McCoy: You can re-write the law when you're appointed to the Supreme Court.
Arthur Branch: God willing.
Adam Schiff: I wouldn't count your chickens. Your omelet just hit the fan.
Adam Schiff: Always think you have a smoking gun, till the smoke blows in your face.
Abbie Carmichael: Gentleman, if we can just lower the amount of testosterone.
ADA Claire Kincaid: Where's our notice?
Ben Stone: The client's dog ate it.
Jack McCoy: You son of a bitch! You played me.
Adam Schiff: A motive pulled straight from the tabloids. And what about means and opportunity? Are you getting that from comic books?
Lt. Anita Van Buren: It wasn't the eighteen floors from the window to the street that killed her, it was the sudden stop.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: I want to go to law school so I can learn how to turn gold into lead.
Abbie Carmichael: Ugh. Doctors. I can't believe my mother wanted me to marry one.
Lt. Anita Van Buren: I'd better go. I'm late for my daily spanking at One Police Plaza.
Adam Schiff: A first-year law student could punch more holes in your case than Con Ed has in Third Avenue.
Arraignment judge: Life is beautiful. All God's children are innocent.
Det. Mike Logan: Interviewing suspect: When is your birthday?
Suspect: March 20.
Det. Mike Logan: What year?
Suspect: Every year. I have a birthday every year.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: We got a hit on the fake fur.
Det. Rey Curtis: Yeah, you'll never guess what they make them out of.
Lt. Anita Van Buren: Recycled soda bottles. What else did you find out?
Detective Lennie Briscoe: We had a deal, you son of a bitch.
Answer: He believed that she had become too empathetic towards the defendant they had been prosecuting, and that her actions were driven by her emotions instead of facts. While empathy is a good quality in general, a certain degree of detachment is required in order for a prosecutor to do one's job effectively.
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