Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Season 7

[D.A. Arthur Branch looks at Novak's story in the papers]

Branch:
What the hell were you thinking?

Novak:
Cora's mom went to the papers. How's that my fault?

Branch:
You gave her the bologna, and she made the sandwich! Says so on page 3. You told her to shout her story to the rooftops.

Novak:
She's frustrated, and she's voiceless. And the law can't help her.

Branch:
Which is the reason you have no business involving yourself in this mess.

Novak:
We speak for the victims. And you taught me that.

Branch:
Crime victims. Nobody's committing a crime here.

Novak:
Mike Jergens did! So should a rapist who's been her husband for a week get to pull the plug on Cora?

Branch:
She married him.

Novak:
He conned her! He doesn't know what Cora really wants.

Branch:
And you do?

Novak:
Her mother does.

Branch:
Based on what? Letters? Diaries? A memorable conversation? A living will?

Novak:
Based on the mother knowing her child.

Branch:
That's not enough.

Novak:
There's a difference between law and justice.

Branch:
Casey, I agree. But this is not your fight.