Law & Order (TV Series)
Fixed (2004)
Fred Thompson: DA Arthur Branch
Quotes
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D.A. Arthur Branch : You know, this case reminds me of something a wise old country lawyer once said. He said "You know, the first question that you ask in any murder case, did the deceased deserve to die?".
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D.A. Arthur Branch : You're still here.
Jack McCoy : I'm writing my closing statement.
D.A. Arthur Branch : You're gonna take it all the way to the jury.
Jack McCoy : No reason not to. That tape was pretty damning.
D.A. Arthur Branch : That's your call, but a part of me wouldn't mind seeing this whole thing go away.
Jack McCoy : Me, too.
D.A. Arthur Branch : You know, this office has cut a deal with the likes of Jacob Lowenstein. We could do the same thing with Joyce Draper.
Jack McCoy : I'd be happy to if she'd allocute to what she did.
D.A. Arthur Branch : She won't?
Jack McCoy : I spoke to her lawyer, dangled the possibility. She won't accept any sort of guilty plea.
D.A. Arthur Branch : I guess she's determined to see this thing through, too.
Jack McCoy : Apparently so. He's putting her on the stand.
D.A. Arthur Branch : [sardonic chuckle] Tread lightly.