Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Rooftop (2001)

Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson

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• Fin Tutuola : Problem is, even if the woman lies about her age, it's still the man's fault.

  John Munch : Ignorance is no defense.

  Olivia Benson : Nashika Morris is 14. She's not a woman; she's a girl.

  Fin Tutuola : What's the guy supposed to do? Check the girl's birth certificate? I'm just as opposed to rape as everybody else in this room, but if she wanted to have sex, that's her choice. She wasn't forced.

  Elliot Stabler : She's a minor. What she wants isn't relevant.

  A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot : [as she and Dr. Huang walk into the squad room]  Are we interrupting?

  John Munch : Friendly disagreement.

• Elliot Stabler : [after another teenage girl is found murdered on a rooftop]  Well, if it's Leon's work, he's improvising.

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Couldn't have been Leon Tate.

  Elliot Stabler : What are you talking about?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : The victim's still in rigor. Probably killed this morning. Tate was dead by last night.

  [Stabler looks shocked] 

  Olivia Benson : Elliot...

  Elliot Stabler : I wanted it to be Leon.

  Olivia Benson : Everything fit.

  Elliot Stabler : We wasted time. Another girl's dead because I went down the wrong road.

• Olivia Benson : [when the judge decides not to civily commit Leon Tate]  Judge was afraid to stick her neck out.

  Elliot Stabler : Maybe she'll change her mind when we wheel a body into her chambers.