Vendetta (1986)

Will Hare: Judge Waters

Quotes 

• Judge Waters : [at Laurie's sentencing hearing]  Laurie Collins... I hereby fine you eight thousand dollars for damages. And I sentence you to twelve months, state correctional authority. However, it is the opinion of this court that these acts were not done in malice, but rather from a deep emotional stress. Sentence suspended.

  Laurie Collins : [in disbelief]  You son of a bitch.

  Judge Waters : [equally in disbelief]  What did you say?

  Laurie Collins : You call yourself a judge? This trial has nothing to do with justice.

  [moving towards bench] 

  Laurie Collins : You fine me $8,000 and tell me to go home? Well, no problem!

  [grabs Judge by his necktie, pandemonium erupts] 

  Laurie Collins : What about the crimes against human life? Who pays for that?

  Judge Waters : Bailiff!

  [the bailiffs pull Laurie away] 

  Judge Waters : I hereby revoke that suspension! Your sentence will begin immediately!

• Judge Waters : Bonnie Cusack... regardless of the justification, you cannot take the law into your own hands. The jury has found you guilty of second-degree manslaughter. You are hereby sentenced to a term of two years.

  [spectators react in disbelief, judge pounds his gavel] 

  Judge Waters : Order... I'll have order in the courtroom. And... remanded to the custody of the state correctional authority.

• Laurie Collins : [Judge Waters and his wife step out of their Lincoln Mark IV and into a restaurant, where they're seated on the patio. A valet parks the car. Laurie, who has been watching them from another table, leaves and approaches a different valet, pretending to dig in her purse]  I seem to have misplaced my ticket.

  [points towards the Judge's car with a $20 bill] 

  Laurie Collins : The white Lincoln.

  Parking Attendant : [smiling happily]  Of course, ma'am.

  Judge Waters : [looks up and sees his car being brought up, to his wife]  Hey, look... is THAT the CAR?

  [Laurie gets in, he moves towards the front] 

  Judge Waters : Now wait just a...

  Parking Attendant : [takes the $20]  Well, thank you ma'am... drive carefully.

  Laurie Collins : Sure!

  [she takes off] 

  Parking Attendant : [to the other valet]  Hey! Who was that?

  Parking Attendant : I dunno... some lady with a $20 bill.

  Parking Attendant : GODDAMMIT, shithead! That was Judge Waters' car!

  Judge Waters : [mouth agape, watching Laurie drive off in his Lincoln]  GODDAMN!