Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Military Justice (2013)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

Quotes 

• Officer Amelia Albers : What happens now?

  Rafael Barba : We prep you for trial.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, we're going to go over that night and make sure that your account is consistent.

  Officer Amelia Albers : What are they saying?

  Olivia Benson : Well, what all rapists say, which is it was consensual.

  Officer Amelia Albers : They think that I wanted that?

  Rafael Barba : Their attorneys are gonna hit you hard on being drunk, on not telling the truth right away.

  Officer Amelia Albers : You have no idea what it's like for the women on the base. The hazing... you can't show that you're weak.

• Rafael Barba : [about the trial]  That went about as badly as it could have gone.

  Amanda Rollins : They heard the extent of her injuries, the results of the rape kit.

  Rafael Barba : Uh-huh. All it takes is one juror to believe that she likes rough sex.

  Olivia Benson : Rough sex? They practically tore her apart.

  Amanda Rollins : You're gonna get these guys on the stand. You're gonna break...

  Rafael Barba : Not a chance. After today, the defense won't bother to put the guys up there. She was drunk, her story changed, her details are inconsistent. Cue the reasonable doubt acquittal.

  Nick Amaro : I might have something that can help. Taverts' testimony at a military hearing...

  Rafael Barba : Stop! No, stop talking.

  Amanda Rollins : Okay, you all right, counselor?

  Rafael Barba : You almost tripped over the Garrity Rule. Everything in this file is dirty. An officer can't invoke at a military hearing, so the courts consider this testimony to be compelled, to be coerced.

  Olivia Benson : So these statements cannot be used in a criminal prosecution.

  Rafael Barba : If I even so much as look at this file, I have to recuse myself from the case. Mistrial. Game over.