- Alex Cabot: Some of you may believe that Perry Williams raped Vanessa Bevins in that alley, but Perry Williams is not on trial here. In fact, he never got his day in court at all. So in the eyes of the law, he is innocent until proven guilty. Even if his guilt had been established beyond a reasonable doubt, he could not have been executed for his crime. Ray Bevins executed Perry Williams. He shot a man, who was on his knees, begging for his life. Now some of you may think that he deserved to die, but you have to ask yourselves if you would execute a man whose guilt had not been proven. We have all felt the need for revenge at some point in our lives. We have all lashed out in pain and anger, and we have all thought that justice means an eye for an eye. But is that justice? Does Perry Williams' family now have the right to kill Ray Bevins? Does Ray Bevins' family then have the right to retaliate against Perry Williams? When would it stop? An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.
- [after a father shoots his daughter's rapist/murderer]
- Elliot Stabler: I could've stopped him. I should've known what Ray was gonna do.
- Olivia Benson: How?
- Elliot Stabler: I would have done the same thing.
- Olivia Benson: No, you wouldn't.
- Elliot Stabler: Well, wait 'til you're a parent.
- Olivia Benson: Don't throw that crap at me, Elliot. You made a mistake.
- Elliot Stabler: What?
- Olivia Benson: You let Ray in.
- Elliot Stabler: You're right, I did. He got to me. And now I'm responsible.
- Elliot Stabler: [to Ray Bevins] Look, I have three daughters myself. When I'm angry, I say things I don't mean.
- Ray Bevins: You can take it back. I can't.
- Olivia Benson: [to Elliot] Go home.
- Elliot Stabler: You sound like me talking to Ray.
- Olivia Benson: Elliot, there's nothing we can do tonight. We'll start fresh in the morning.
- Elliot Stabler: I need to get that bastard.
- Olivia Benson: Plenty of other bastards out there, Elliot, why this one?
- Elliot Stabler: You know why.
- Dr. Melinda Warner: [to Stabler] Ray Bevins came by to see me. Asked questions about why we ruled Vanessa's death a suicide.
- Elliot Stabler: He accept it?
- Dr. Melinda Warner: I walked him through the evidence as gently as I could, but I screwed up. I mentioned the oral sodomy. I thought you told him.
- Elliot Stabler: No. I didn't want to put that image in his head. His daughter on her knees in some filthy alley.
- Dr. Melinda Warner: I'm sorry, but it's in there now. He really lost it. He left mumbling something about a club.
- Elliot Stabler: [When Elliot finds Ray Bevins at a park with a gun to his head threatening to commit suicide] Ray. Put the gun down. Don't do this, Ray.
- Ray Bevins: I have nothing left.
- Elliot Stabler: Let's just talk. Let's just sit here and talk.
- Ray Bevins: Vanessa's gone, I mean... there's no other way to end the pain.
- Elliot Stabler: Vanessa loves you. She wouldn't want you to do this.
- Ray Bevins: My daughter needed help and she couldn't come to me. I can't live with that.
- Elliot Stabler: Why here?
- Ray Bevins: This was Vanessa's favorite place when she was a... when she was a little girl.
- Elliot Stabler: Those memories are alive in you, Ray. You keep her alive. Everything that you and Vanessa had together, that's what you want.
- Ray Bevins: I want her to know how much I love her. I want her to know how sorry I am. I couldn't be there for her.
- Elliot Stabler: She's here, Ray, in your heart. She's alive, here. She can only die when you die, Ray.
- [Ray drops the gun and sobs into Elliot's arms]
- Alex Cabot: [to Elliot] Did you actually lawyer up for Ray Bevins?
- Elliot Stabler: He needed an attorney.
- Alex Cabot: So you called one of the best defense attorneys in town? Usually, you get a confession instead of throwing up roadblocks to protect the perps.
- Elliot Stabler: Ray Bevins is not a perp.
- Alex Cabot: He killed a man in cold blood.
- Elliot Stabler: He killed a sexual predator that you said we couldn't convict.
- Alex Cabot: I will not condone vigilantism. I am not going to let my compassion for Ray prevent me from doing my job.
- Elliot Stabler: Well, I did my job. I arrested him. He's all yours.
- Dr. George Huang: Ray's emotional pain is genuine and the cause for his mental trauma is legitimate, but I don't buy his affirmative defense.
- Elliot Stabler: Why the hell not? This is a man who's lost his daughter.
- Dr. George Huang: Well, despite his emotional distress, he had the presence of mind to carefully plan this murder. He knew right from wrong.
- Elliot Stabler: He knew nothing! This is a guy drowning in grief.
- Elliot Stabler: [to Cabot] You're calling me to the stand?
- Alex Cabot: No. The Defense is. You've just become their star witness.
- Elliot Stabler: Excuse me?
- Alex Cabot: Elliot, did you tell Ray that you knew Perry Williams had raped Vanessa?
- Elliot Stabler: No.
- Alex Cabot: He says you did.
- Elliot Stabler: I told him Perry was a suspect.
- Alex Cabot: Now they're going to use you to justify Ray murdering Perry.
- Elliot Stabler: Yeah? Well, the hell with him. He got what he deserved.
- Alex Cabot: Well, now it's your turn. You gave premature information to an unstable man. You sure as hell better be ready when I cross-examine you.
- Perry Williams: Detective, I don't need to force women to have sex with me.
- Olivia Benson: Oh, so you expect us to believe that Vanessa liked being half-naked, down on her knees in a dirty alley?
- Perry Williams: Yeah, she grew to like it. Once you stripped away that schoolgirl exterior, underneath lay a very adventurous woman.
- Perry Williams: Vanessa and I had a little fun, and then I went back inside.
- Elliot Stabler: So she fought with her boyfriend, had sex with you, and then, a third guy came along and he killed her. Is that what you're telling me?
- Perry Williams: Truth is stranger than fiction.
- Elliot Stabler: But you're the only one with a history of abusing Vanessa.
- Perry Williams: Oh, more gossip?
- Olivia Benson: No, we have witnesses. Vanessa told people about your repeated sexual assault.
- Perry Williams: I don't recall anyone watching us having sex. So unless you guys communicate with ghosts, you've got nothing.
- Elliot Stabler: Ray, you've gotta stop coming here.
- Ray Bevins: I got nothing else to do.
- Elliot Stabler: What about your job?
- Ray Bevins: I don't give a damn about my work anymore. You're never going to make an arrest.
- Elliot Stabler: It's been three days, Ray. You gotta give me time.
- Ray Bevins: That filth killed my daughter and you're just gonna let him walk out the door.
- Elliot Stabler: We don't have enough evidence to arrest him for murder yet.
- Ray Bevins: You could at least arrest him for rape.
- Elliot Stabler: He's claiming their relationship was consensual.
- Ray Bevins: That's crazy.
- Elliot Stabler: We need the proof.
- Ray Bevins: What do you think?
- Elliot Stabler: It doesn't matter what I think, Ray.
- Ray Bevins: In your heart, what do you think?
- Elliot Stabler: We may never know.
- Ray Bevins: Please, just tell me. Did he rape her?
- Elliot Stabler: We're looking at him for it.
- Ray Bevins: Did he do it?
- Elliot Stabler: We're gonna get the guy.