Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Starved (2005)
Diane Neal: ADA Casey Novak
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Quotes
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D.A. Arthur Branch : [to Casey after Cora's mother notifies the newspapers] What the hell were you thinking?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Cora's mom went to the papers. How is that my fault?
D.A. Arthur Branch : You gave her the baloney and she made the sandwich.
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Detective John Munch : Are we gonna decide the quadriplegic's lives aren't worth living? What about the severely retarded? We kill them too?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : No one's suggesting we murder the disabled.
Detective John Munch : The Nazis didn't call it murder either.
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A.D.A. Casey Novak : [when Mike Jergens wants to have Cora's feeding tube removed] You couldn't shut her up at trial, so you shut her up forever?
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Olivia Benson : Virginia Kennison won't accept the diagnosis. She wants to keep Cora's body alive even though her mind is dead.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Cora and her mom haven't been close for a long time. Virginia's gotta be feeling guilty.
Olivia Benson : She's not the only one. I pushed her to testify.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : And I subpoenaed her.
Olivia Benson : How's this gonna affect the trial?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Well, it won't. Cora finished her testimony, so the defense can't ask for a mistrial.
Olivia Benson : Too bad the corrections officers got to Mike before he could off himself and he wouldn't have to finish the trial.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : I'll still convict the bastard.
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A.D.A. Casey Novak : [to Branch] We speak for the victims, and you taught me that.
D.A. Arthur Branch : Crime victims. Nobody's committing a crime here.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Mike Jergens did. So should a rapist who's been her husband for a week get to pull the plug on Cora?
D.A. Arthur Branch : She married him.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : He conned her. He doesn't know what Cora really wants.
D.A. Arthur Branch : And you do?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Her mother does.
D.A. Arthur Branch : Based on what? Letters, diaries, a memorable conversation? A living will?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Based on the mother knowing her child.
D.A. Arthur Branch : That's not enough.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : There's a difference between law and justice.
D.A. Arthur Branch : Casey, I agree, but this is not your fight.