Law & Order: Trial by Jury

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Life's a b*tch.

Maggie Dettweiler:
Yeah, and sometimes the one with the scales is blind, deaf *and* dumb.

[opening narration]

Opening Announcer:
In the criminal justice system, all suspects are innocent until proven guilty, either by confession, plea bargain, or trial by jury. This is one of those trials.

D.A. Investigator Lennie Briscoe:
[Lennie Briscoe's final line, awaiting the verdict in a cop killer's trial. Briscoe and several NYPD cops are waiting outside the courtroom] They got him! [all the cops cheer]

D.A. Investigator Lennie Briscoe:
we don't need no stinkin badges.

D.A. Investigator Lennie Briscoe:
[muttered] Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges... [to the woman who asked to see them] I said yes, yes, of course you need to see our badges.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Everybody lies.

Detective Chris Ravell:
Branch fired him?

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Nope, he resigned.

Detective Chris Ravell:
Smart, this way he gets to collect his full pension.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
I don't think that entered into it.

Detective Chris Ravell:
You give people too much credit.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
You don't give people enough.

Detective Chris Ravell:
Big risk, calling him to the stand.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
I had no choice.

Detective Chris Ravell:
Why not wait for Eckhart to crucify him?

ADA Tracey Kibre:
He would have lied to Eckhart. Then I'd have known that he was giving false testimony.

Detective Chris Ravell:
He could just as easily lie to you.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
I knew he wouldn't.

Detective Chris Ravell:
Come on. You've known the guy for fifteen years. You tell me he never lied to you?

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Yeah, he lied to me. Just not about the law.

Mike LaSalle:
Once again, I concede defeat.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Last case we had was a hung jury.

Mike LaSalle:
That wasn't what I was talking about.

ADA Kelly Gaffney:
I gotta tell ya, I don't like it.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Just trying to put the bad guy away, not win the Nobel Peace Prize.

ADA Kelly Gaffney:
You excused those jurors because you thought they'd sympathize.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Look, when you are first chair you can have whoever you want on your jury: latinos, lawyers, convicted felons... Go crazy! Right now, you support my choices whether or not you think they're aggressive.

ADA Kelly Gaffney:
Or cheap. I was being polite when I said aggressive. I'm sorry, but I think is out of line to hide behind Hernandez like that.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Well, I don't care what you think.

ADA Kelly Gaffney:
Oh.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
And neither does Angelina Martinez.

ADA Kelly Gaffney:
Angelina?

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Yeah, Angelina.

ADA Kelly Gaffney:
Wha... so it worked?

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Yep, we changed her gender.

ADA Kelly Gaffney:
Well, I guess I'll be drafting a motion.

DA Arthur Branch:
Is not easy being objective about your father... takes a lot of strength.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Or in my case - therapy.

Prof. Norman Rothenberg:
You're wasting your time in the DA's office... I can triple what you make.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
You don't want me, Norman. I have scruples.

Prof. Norman Rothenberg:
They have pills for that!

Eleanor Duvall:
I mean... every few years another German comes along and they name a new disorder for him.

Diane Harris:
Hey! I was abused, humiliated. I was owed.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
A million bucks?

Diane Harris:
I'm on camera! My living is my image. That station paid zip and I needed clothes... a car... a condo.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Really? Well, invite Lauren's family over to see your closet. Tell them I won't put away Lauren's killer but check out my Manolos.

Diane Harris:
This nightmare is causing me my job. I'm ruined. Do you understand that?

ADA Tracey Kibre:
I don't give a damn!

Diane Harris:
Can I go?

ADA Tracey Kibre:
[Kibre handles Diane a subpoena.] You're served. Show up in court or sit in jail.

Diane Harris:
Fine! I won't remember a thing.

ADA Kelly Gaffney:
There is a way to help yourself here.

Diane Harris:
Yeah, right!

ADA Kelly Gaffney:
I mean... rebuilt your image. Amber Frye, the other woman for whom Scott Petersen killed his wife, on the stand she became the courageous witness who helped put him away.

Diane Harris:
Ken's lawyers will destroy me.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Not if I have you tell your version first. It starts with the prosecution. We won the spin.

Diane Harris:
Like I'd get some favor from you.

ADA Tracey Kibre:
Personal feelings aside, is in my best interest to make you look good. Either that or I treat you as a hostile witness and tear you a new one. Your choice, Diane.

Det. Joe Fontana:
[attempting to sound stern, but with affection] Do you have any idea how much crap I've had to go through because of you?

Detective Ed Green:
[weakly, but grinning] Hey, Joe.