Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Rockabye (2005)

Fred Thompson: DA Arthur Branch

Quotes 

• Arthur Branch : Sophie, you're working late.

  Sophie Devere : All for a good cause, Arthur, all for a good cause. Women's rights. You remember them. You know, a lot of people in this country want to take us back to the '50s. And look what we got now: a '50s crime.

• Arthur Branch : [to Novak]  So you handed the case to the defense?

  Casey Novak : Wayne still got probation.

  Arthur Branch : Really? Well, I may be pro-life, but I'm even more pro-law. Arrest that doctor.

• Arthur Branch : [to Novak]  Who's your trial judge?

  Casey Novak : Elizabeth Donnelly.

  Arthur Branch : Our favorite radical feminist. Wears her views on her sleeve. This would probably appeal to her notion of inequality. I want you to talk to Donnelly. Tell her to recuse herself from this case.

  Casey Novak : On what grounds?

  Arthur Branch : Public views on abortion.

  Casey Novak : I think she's perfectly capable of divorcing her personal beliefs from the case.

  Arthur Branch : I'm not willing to take that risk. Talk to her, Casey, and tell her we can do it unofficially or officially.

• Arthur Branch : [to Novak]  Why are you making a deal?

  Casey Novak : Lauren Westley was given fraudulent information by a doctor masquerading as a provider of abortion services.

  Arthur Branch : Did he instruct her to get her boyfriend to batter her baby to death?

  Casey Novak : No.

  Arthur Branch : Did he assist them?

  Casey Novak : He forced them into a corner.

  Arthur Branch : Does that justify battering her? No deals, Casey. Do your job. Prosecute the crime.

  Casey Novak : I am already losing the jury. With this new information, I don't...

  Arthur Branch : You know what's more important than winning or losing? Sending a message that this city won't condone violent crime whatever the duress.