Law & Order (TV Series)

Shield (1999)

J.K. Simmons: Dr. Emil Skoda

Quotes 

• Dr. Emil Skoda : This comes with the usual caveats. For what it's worth, Hastings didn't do it.

  Jack McCoy : Beg your pardon?

  Dr. Emil Skoda : She said she thought he'd kill her "sooner or later". Not imminently, not any minute.

  Jack McCoy : That just torpedoes her claim of self-defense. Doesn't mean she's innocent.

  Dr. Emil Skoda : I've talked to a lot of these ladies. Battered women who killed their abusers. They literally thought they'd be dead any minute. Not one of 'em killed until she believed it was the only way out. And then they're anxious to confess and justify their actions. I didn't hear any of that from Hastings. Just this man's opinion.