Law & Order, Season 19

Stanley:
It doesn't make any sense. If they found Pete guilty, they'd just send him back to his group home.

Cutter:
I promise you that's not going to happen. He confessed to a murder.

Ruth:
He'd go to prison?

Cutter:
That's the way it works. I'm not sure why this is so hard for you. You sent Pete away once before.

Stanley:
Ruthie, he's just trying to upset us.

Ruth:
You don't know what things were like that back then. They tested Petey and said he was a moron. That was the medical term - moron!

Cutter:
So he was a victim once. Makes it easy to make him a victim again.

Ruth:
All the doctors said it was the right thong to do...

Stanley:
Ruthie, look, he's bluffing. Don't you see? It doesn't make any sense. First, he doesn't get to say where Petey goes. And second, he knows that Pete can win some kind of not guilty by mental deficiency. And third...

Ruth:
Stop! That was how you counted off the reasons 40 years ago. 7 good reasons why we should give Petey away. First, he would be burden to me. Second, he needed medical care we couldn't give him. And on and on and on. All those logical reasons. And I gave away my baby! I can't do it again. I will not do it again.