Law & Order (TV Series)

Bodies (2003)

Susan Floyd: Defense Attorney Jessica Sheets

Quotes 

• Jack McCoy : If he tells us about any other murders, I'll re-examine the death penalty.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : You didn't ask for bail, Jessica. You must know...

  Jessica Sheets : I know a lot of things. I know I dended a father who raped and murdered his eleven year old daughter. I've defended a guy who, for no apparent reason, walked into a grocery store, shot twelve innocent people with an Uzi. Right now, I've got a kid who decapitated his mom, hung her head on a stick outside of his church. All the scum of the Earth, they send them my way. I do my best for them, but this guy... so you're turning down my offer?

  Jack McCoy : You know I have no choice.

  Jessica Sheets : Damn it.

  Jack McCoy : All you have to do is...

  Jessica Sheets : I can't. Mark Bruner scares the socks off of me, Jack. How am I supposed to represent someone that I'm scared to death to be in the same room with?

• Jack McCoy : Cart before the horse, Jessica. Won't talk plea until we know the extent of your client's crimes.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : Bruner's DNA matched semen found both on Sally Galan and the girl in Brooklyn.

  Jessica Sheets : And two's not good enough for you?

  Jack McCoy : Not if one of them isn't in my jurisdiction.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : We're still waiting to talk to the Brooklyn D.A. about consolidation.

  Jessica Sheets : You know, I don't get you people. I'm serving up a murderer on a platter. Take the death penalty off the table.

  Jack McCoy : How many murderers have you defended, Jessica?

  Jessica Sheets : I don't have that many fingers.

  Jack McCoy : Then it must have crossed your mind that Bruner's M.O. suggests he might be a serial offender.

  Jessica Sheets : Evidence, Jack. You need facts, not suggestions.

  ADA Serena Southerlyn : There was a five year gap between Sally Galan and Holly Pinkston. Bruner was on the street all of that time. And you've gotta suspect...

  Jessica Sheets : Add your suspicions to his suggestions, it makes for a great Gothic tale, not a case.