Law & Order (TV Series)

Dignity (2009)

Linus Roache: Executive ADA Michael Cutter

Quotes 

• Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter : I'd like to show you something... People's 32 this is the wallet that Walter Benning was carrying when he was shot. And I want to show you these photos of his children and grandchildren. Photos that are stained with... I can't, I can't do this there's, there's been too much heartbreaking testimony. Just too much. We're dealing with an issue here that goes to the very mystery of our existence. What is life? When does it begin? At conception? At viability? At birth? And in good faith, we seek guidance from our moral leaders, from scientists. And we want so much to do the right thing, you know, the-the just thing. And we want reason and empathy to lead us to an answer, and-and we struggle so much to find that answer. Why? Because... because despite all our differences, we are joined in one belief that every life is special and unique and imbued with inalienable rights, and that belief compels us to reject the violence... and the unreasoned chaos that Wayne Grogan's act represents. Thank you.

• Jack McCoy : Take a walk with me.

  Jack McCoy : [Scene changes to Connie's desk]  Connie has asked to be transferred to the white collar crime bureau.

  Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter : If that's what she wants.

  A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa : That's what I want.

  Jack McCoy : Well, it's not what I want. I'd have to pull someone out of that bureau, and find a place for them somewhere else. Then I'd have to find someone to second chair with Mike. Much as you'd like to believe otherwise, people aren't lining up for that exalted position. I used to expect people to be consistent, that pro-lifers would oppose capital punishment, that champions of human right would claim some for the unborn. I don't expect that anymore. It's a big messy world. Work it out.