Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Terrorized (2016)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

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• Judge Hayes : People versus Ana Kapic. One count murder in the first degree, four counts attempted murder. How does the defendant plead?

  Rita Calhoun : Not guilty, Your Honor.

  Judge Hayes : Mr. Barba, bail?

  Rafael Barba : Given the gravity of the charge and her possible connections to organized terrorist groups, we request remand. She's a Bosnian national here on a student visa. She has no significant ties to the community and represents a major flight risk.

  Judge Hayes : Ms. Calhoun?

  Rita Calhoun : Despite Mr. Barba's impassioned, patriotic, and xenophobic speech...

  Judge Hayes : Get to it.

  Rita Calhoun : We believe the defendant should be released on her own recognizance.

  Judge Hayes : For free? May I ask why you believe that would be appropriate?

  Rita Calhoun : Because Ana Kapic is a victim. She was raped and tortured hours before the homicide by her fiance and his brother. She may have been present at the crime scene, but she was not there under her own free will. If she didn't cooperate, she herself would have been murdered.

• Olivia Benson : The DNA came back on the boy, Ali. The father is Luka's brother, Armin. Which means that he has paternal rights.

  Rafael Barba : Liv, I understand...

  Olivia Benson : You understand? If Ana's going to prison, right?

  Rafael Barba : Mm-hmm.

  Olivia Benson : If the feds can't up with a case against Armin, then that monster is gonna get custody of that boy.

  Rafael Barba : [she starts to storm out]  Where are you going?

  Olivia Benson : I'm going to investigate a case that everyone wants me to ignore.

• Olivia Benson : [after getting chewed out by Chief Dodds]  You looking for a fight, too?

  Rafael Barba : I understand what you're doing. It's admirable.

  Olivia Benson : But?

  Rafael Barba : It's stupid, self-centered, idealistic.

  Olivia Benson : But rape is rape. We don't get to invent our victims or our perps. We hear the evidence and we investigate. Unless, of course, you're a Muslim woman who's accused of murder, and then we jut throw you under the patriotic bus and live our merry lives.

  Rafael Barba : I came here to tell you the judge ruled in our favor.

  Olivia Benson : Not our favor. Your favor.

  Rafael Barba : Either way, the rape testimony isn't coming in. Liv, like I keep telling you, this case is different.

• Olivia Benson : Look, I know you wanted more, but we have a strong case.

  Rafael Barba : I'm not certain the D.A. would support moving forward with this right now, given the political climate.

  Olivia Benson : Yes, I know that some monster just shot up a gay club in Orlando and another one killed five police officers in Dallas. It's horrific. We're under siege. Nobody knows what's gonna happen next. But Ana deserves justice for what happened to her.

  Rafael Barba : Liv...

  Olivia Benson : All she has left is her kid. She just wants him to be safe. I'm going to arrest that son of a bitch.

• Rafael Barba : We have Ana at the scene. There's an AR-15 around her shoulder. She is five feet away from the shooter. Yet somehow she's the victim?

  Olivia Benson : Okay, you think Calhoun is just making this up?

  Rafael Barba : I think she's desperately looking for a defense.

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : [entering]  Hey, Lieutenant, affidavit from Ana. She claims that Luka and his brother Armin repeatedly raped her for the past five years.

  Rafael Barba : Calhoun's just covering her tracks, laying a record; it means nothing.

  Olivia Benson : It's a disclosure. It means something.

  Rafael Barba : Liv...

  Olivia Benson : Just because she is a murder defendant doesn't mean that she's not a rape victim.

• Rafael Barba : You're playing into their defense. The more you investigate this, the more you legitimize her story.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, you telling me to ignore it?

  Rafael Barba : Just be careful. This case is too big, it's too important, given what's been happening lately; San Bernadino, Orlando.

  Olivia Benson : I know.

  Rafael Barba : Dallas, France. People are fed up.

  Olivia Benson : I understand that, but...

  Rafael Barba : Ana needs to go down, hard. No matter how heartbreaking or tragic her story might be. Right or wrong, that's just how it is.

  Olivia Benson : Well, you may be right. But no matter "how it is", I would still like to speak with Ana.