Law & Order (TV Series)
Renunciation (1991)
Michael Moriarty: Executive ADA Ben Stone
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[last lines]
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : Anything worth knowing cannot be taught in a classroom.
Paul Robinette : Oscar Wilde?
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : Sister Mary Frances. She wielded a hell of a paddle.
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Janice Rydell : We have a deal, Stone.
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : Wrong tense, counselor. In my office, two half-truths do not equal a whole! And you better pray that your client here is snowing you, too.
Janice Rydell : Are you threatening me?
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : As a matter of fact, yes - I am.
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Paul Robinette : You saw where Rydell was going. You should have stopped her cross completely.
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : The more I object, the more it reinforces *her* strategy. The more Roy looks like a victim.
Paul Robinette : But still, letting her play the jury's heartstrings...
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : We knew it was coming. She's got nothing else.
Paul Robinette : And if they buy it, he walks. No manslaughter charges, no safety net.
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : Last I looked, you were very adamant about this. You knew that if we included anything less than murder, she'd pull out the sympathy, and the jury would opt for manslaughter.
Paul Robinette : Ben, I agree I didn't want to give the jury that option. Only...
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : Only you looked over the edge, and you didn't like the view.
Paul Robinette : I looked at the box; I didn't like the jurors' faces.
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Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : When I was in school, they taught the ABCs.
DA Adam Schiff : Now they've added the D, for depravity.