Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Gone (2006)

Susan Saint James: Monica Bradshaw

Quotes 

• [Nick, Doug and Jason are in court being arraigned] 

  Oliver Gates : This is preposterous.

  Judge Alan Ridenour : No one asked you yet, Mr. Gates. Bail?

  Casey Novak : The People request remand.

  Oliver Gates : And the defense moves for immediate dismissal of all charges. The People can't even make out the basic elements of a crime, Your Honor. Jennifer Durning has a history of running away.

  Casey Novak : Once, when she was 14.

  Monica Bradshaw : They can't prove she's dead. They still don't have the body.

  Judge Alan Ridenour : Is that true, Ms. Novak?

  Casey Novak : Yes, Your Honor.

  Judge Alan Ridenour : Then on what basis were the defendants arrested?

  Casey Novak : A tip to the police hotline saying that Mr. Waverly was leaving the country. Detectives arrested him boarding a chartered plane to Rio De Janeiro.

  Monica Bradshaw : Which is not a crime, and where my client's father was taking him on legitimate business for his produce company.

  Casey Novak : And from where, conveniently, we'd never be able to extradite him.

  Judge Alan Ridenour : [to Novak]  Do the People have evidence that a rape or murder took place?

  Casey Novak : More than enough to guarantee an indictment.

  Judge Alan Ridenour : Well, care to share that with us, Counselor?

  Casey Novak : We have a videotape of the defendants serving the victim alcohol just before she disappeared. Now, beyond that, the People are not prepared to divulge anything further.

  Dave Seaver : They have nothing, Your Honor. You can't prove murder without a dead body or rape without a live victim.

  Judge Alan Ridenour : I'm familiar with the laws of evidence, Mr. Seaver. On the charge of endangering the welfare of a minor, the defendants are released on their own recognizance.

  Casey Novak : Your Honor, move that the court seize the passports of all three defendants.

  Judge Alan Ridenour : So ordered. However, until the people secure indictments, I have no choice but to grant the defense motion. The charges of rape and murder are dismissed.