Law & Order, Season 21

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I'm a prosecutor. I'm sworn to enforce the laws of this state. Yet I understand the defendant's desire for revenge, for street justice. Nine years ago, my sister was raped and murdered in Georgia. Police never arrested the offender. But I knew who did it. Police knew, too. Just couldn't prove it. So it's easy to understand the defendant's rage, her desire for vengeance, her need for this son of a bitch to pay for what he did to her, to suffer like he made her suffer. When Henry King was released from prison, the defendant's thirst for revenge escalated. Maybe she even began to fantasize about killing him. Pictured herself grabbing a gun, going to his house, waiting for him to show up. She probably even planned what she was going to say, where she was going to shoot him. Those types of fantasies are perfectly normal. Trust me. They're also perfectly legal. But to actually take the life of another human being, to wait outside someone's house and shoot him five times in cold blood, that's not only wrong, that's criminal. Just ... Just because you're suffering and you're filled with anger doesn't mean you get to play God. Now that doesn't mean you shouldn't have tremendous sympathy for the defendant, that you shouldn't appreciate the pain and the suffering she endured. So, when you go back to the jury room to deliberate, give yourself permission to feel sorry for her. But that doesn't mean she's innocent, that she should walk free. This case comes down to one simple question. Did Nicole Bell intentionally shoot and kill Henry King? If the answer is yes, you must convict.

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