Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Conscience (2004)

Peter Riegert: Chauncey Zeirko

Quotes 

• Casey Novak : [to Mr. Zierko about a deal for Dr. Morton]  What do you want?

  Chauncey Zeirko : Man two, minimum time.

  Casey Novak : I have a better idea. Why don't we just throw him a parade?

  Chauncey Zeirko : I don't like your tone.

  Casey Novak : Yeah, well, I don't like 13-year-olds being shot to death in the courthouse.

• Chauncey Zeirko : [during his closing statement]  Imagine what it was like in that hallway, the person who murdered your son standing in front of you. A disturbed young man who killed your child without mercy, without remorse. He'll be getting out of jail at 18, a birthday your child will never celebrate. Could you lose control? We all could. We could lose sight of our beliefs and values, lose control for one moment and act blindly out of raw grief and despair. That's what Dr. Morton did and the law says that's not murder.