Law & Order (TV Series)
By Hooker, by Crook (1990)
Michael Moriarty: Executive ADA Ben Stone
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Quotes
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Laura Winthrop : How about involuntary manslaughter? I'd be out in 5 years, right?
Ben Stone : 2 and a half with good behavior.
Laura Winthrop : I'm always on my best behavior.
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[Laura Winthrop's arraignment]
Court Judge Harper : How does the defendant plead?
Laura Winthrop : Not guilty, Your Honor.
Court Judge Harper : [to Auclair] I assume you are requesting bail?
Roger Auclair : We are, Your Honor.
Ben Stone : Prosecution does not consider Miss Winthrop a flight risk, Your Honor. However, the 35-woman prostitution ring which the defendant ran is one of the largest and most lucrative of its kind uncovered in recent years.
Streetwalker : [yelling across the courtroom to her pimp, Andrew] Listen up, Andrew, and get some pointers!
[Andrew gives her a cold stare as the courtroom gallery laughs. Judge Harper bangs his gavel for order]
Court Judge Harper : [to Stone] I gather this is alleged to be an efficiently run business?
Ben Stone : Thoroughly computerized, with a client list that includes doctors, diplomats, CEOs of some of the city's largest corporations...
Court Judge Harper : [cuts Stone off] Get to the point, Mr. Stone. Despite the impressive list of assets, promoting prostitution is still merely a Class D felony.
Ben Stone : This office requests bail commensurate with the serious impact of the crime on the moral fiber of this community.
Streetwalker : [to Andrew] Ya hear that, Andrew? Fiber! I told you we ALL need fiber!
[Andrew glares and points a small wooden club at her threateningly as the gallery laughs again. Judge Harper bangs his gavel for order once more]
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Mayor's Assistant : Maybe... there should be a task force, which as you know, since crack has become much more visible, much more aggressive, a major task force- major effort. what do you think, Ben? Are you interested?
Ben Stone : I think we ought to put stocks, two to a block, guarded and heated all the way up and down Broadway. Anyone convicted of possession of crack has to sit in those stocks from sunup till sundown, with a dunce cap and clown nose... I think we'd clear up the problem in about six months, what do you think?
Mayor's Assistant : If that's the way you want to play it, Ben. Gentlemen.