Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Doubt (2004)

Viola Davis: Donna Emmett

Quotes 

• Donna Emmett : [during her closing argument]  The crime of rape used to be hard to prove. Even harder to convict. The victim was on trial, not a rapist. Then the laws changed. Woman's identity was protected, her sexual history excluded and rapists were rightly brought to justice. And, now, perhaps the pendulum has swung too far. Women who have sex and later regret it are not entitled to call their partners rapists. Now, Miss Denning went to my client's apartment late at night, wore sexy clothes, drank several glasses of wine and then kissed him, but now, she says she was there to discuss her art portfolio. Now, every piece of evidence is open to interpretation, but two facts are undeniable: first, there is nothing in Ron Polikoff's past to suggest he is capable of such a violent act. Second, his life has already been ruined by this woman's unfounded, unsubstantiated and unjust accusations. Don't punish him any more for a crime he did not commit.