Law & Order (TV Series)

Disciple (1999)

Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy

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• Jack McCoy : [in closing summation]  What do you make of Rosa Halasy and her calling? I can't answer it myself. Mr. Wade says you can't convict her because she's a good person, maybe even a holy person. I'm not sure I disagree with his characterization, but it brings you right back to the contradiction: can a righteous person commit a wrongful act? What I do know is that Rosa Halasy is flesh and blood like you and me. We can't let Rosa Halasy assert for herself the power we vest in our Supreme Being. She may hear God, but she may not play God! Just because she has a divine mission, it doesn't exempt her from the code of human behavior. When she squeezed the life out of Kira Grayson in the back room of her apartment, she violated that code. Her passion for God, however tangible and heartfelt, rendered her oblivious to the mortality of Kira Grayson. She's responsible for the consequences of her convictions. And just as her God holds her accountable, so should we!

• A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : [referring to Halasy]  You really believe she heard the voice of St. Michael?

  Jack McCoy : I don't doubt she thinks she did.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Can we convince a jury she didn't?

  D.A. Adam Schiff : They tried that with Joan of Arc.

• Jack McCoy : Letters from Rosa Halacy's neighbors.

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : Minimum's 15-to-life. If anybody can do it.

  Jack McCoy : That's supposed to make these people happy?

  A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael : We put a child murderer away, Jack.

  Jack McCoy : I'm not sure *who* we put away.