Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Strain (2005)

Diane Neal: ADA Casey Novak

Quotes 

• Casey Novak : [during her closing summation]  Millions dying of AIDS is an unimaginable tragedy, but does that mean two more deaths, two murders, don't matter? The defense argues that these murders were justifiable, because they prevented future deaths. It might sound rational, but consider this. Tobacco executives, they make cigarettes and hundreds of thousands of people who smoke die of lung cancer. Would it be all right to murder the tobacco CEOs? Do you think that two situations aren't the same? Think again. People who smoke, they know the risks, and they choose to smoke, despite them, just like people who choose to get high and have sex without a condom. So don't blame the victims. Gabriel Thomason broke the law. He killed two men. He knew what he was doing, and he knew it was wrong. You must hold him responsible.

• Odafin Tutuola : Two to one, he walks.

  Olivia Benson : I wouldn't take those odds on a double homicides. Safe money, 25 to life.

  Odafin Tutuola : You didn't see Gabriel on the stand. When he cried, the jury believed him.

  Casey Novak : No, they didn't. Guilty. Murder two, both counts.