"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" Persona (TV Episode 2008) - Brenda Blethyn as Linnie Malcolm

Linnie Malcolm : [to Donnelly in court] I ran so I could get an abortion. I couldn't get an abortion in prison and I couldn't have that baby. I didn't care if I spent the rest of my life in jail, but the thought of his child growing inside me. That's why I came to see you. To say I'd plead guilty, if I could just end the pregnancy first, but you were so strong, so self-confident. I was ashamed of my weakness. I couldn't tell you. How could a woman like you ever understand a woman like me?
Linnie Malcolm : [to Donnelly after she recommends probation for Linnie] Why?

Judge Elizabeth Donnelly : Because back then, I was trying so hard to be one of the boys, I forgot why I became a lawyer.
Linnie Malcolm : [to Mia] I had a friend whose husband beat her. He said it was her fault. If she wasn't so stupid and worthless, he wouldn't have to hit her and she believed him, but she escaped and she found a man who would rather die than hurt her. That's what you deserve, Mia.
Olivia Benson : [to Linnie] Mia's body is covered in bruises. Husband really did a number on her.

Linnie Malcolm : She told you it was her husband?

Olivia Benson : No. No, we haven't been able to speak with her alone.

Linnie Malcolm : Then how do you know?

Olivia Benson : The same way you know. The way she flinches when he comes toward her, the way she has fear in her eyes when he speaks, the way she wants to jump out of her skin sort of the way you are right now.

Brenda Blethyn: Linnie Malcolm