Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Juvenile (2002)

Stephanie March: ADA Alexandra 'Alex' Cabot

Quotes 

• Alexandra Cabot : Zachary, when did you throw up?

  Zachary Connor : That was Jeremy.

  Alexandra Cabot : I thought you were afraid, Zachary. I thought you threw up because you couldn't look at the blood.

  Zachary Connor : I could, too. Jeremy couldn't. He was being a baby and crying.

  Alexandra Cabot : When? Before or after she was killed?

  Zachary Connor : The whole time.

  Alexandra Cabot : And you weren't crying? Not even just a little?

  Zachary Connor : No.

  Alexandra Cabot : But I thought you were afraid, Zachary. I thought you were afraid of Jeremy.

  Zachary Connor : No, I wasn't.

  Alexandra Cabot : And you were also afraid of that woman because she was going to call the police.

  Zachary Connor : She was afraid of me.

  Alexandra Cabot : And you wanted to show them both that you were a man and that's why you had sex with her.

  Zachary Connor : Well, that was her fault because she wouldn't tell me where the money was. Jeremy was crying! He wouldn't do anything, so I had to do it! If she had just told me where the money was, I wouldn't have had to hurt her!

• Alexandra Cabot : What I find hard to believe is how a kid as young as Zachary is physically capable of rape.

  Dr. George Huang : Biologically, all he needs is enough testosterone to achieve an erection. These days, boys reach puberty as early as nine years old. Add to that an ill woman, weakened by chemotherapy, she's the perfect victim for a 90-pound rapist.

• Donald Cragen : [about Jeremy Brice]  A typical kid. Thinks if he denies everything, it'll just go away. He's 14. Eligible to be tried as an adult.

  Alexandra Cabot : Murder two. Would've been eligible if he was 13.

  Donald Cragen : He look like a grownup to you?

  Alexandra Cabot : He brutally raped and murdered a 34-year-old woman. That's a grown-up crime. He's not crying for his victim, he's crying for himself.

• Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly : [to Cabot]  I need you to subpoena a rebuttal witness.

  Alexandra Cabot : Who?

  Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly : Zachary Connor.

  Alexandra Cabot : Why?

  Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly : As of today, he's been adjudicated by Family Court. Any testimony he gives won't be tainted by his co-conspirator status.

  Alexandra Cabot : If you put Zachary Connor on the stand, he's going to say that Jeremy did everything and I believe that's a lie.

  Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly : I'm not putting him on the stand. You are. Jury already thinks I make little kids cry.

• Alexandra Cabot : [to Donnelly]  But the evidence clearly indicates that Jeremy Brice's involvement was limited. The DNA proves that Zachary Connor committed the rape.

  Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly : Jeremy already confessed to participating in the burglary. That's the predicate felony. He knew it was dangerous, he knew someone could be killed.

  Alexandra Cabot : No, he didn't. This boy is not mature enough to understand that.

  Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly : The law says he is.

  Alexandra Cabot : That legislation was passed in 1978 as a knee-jerk reaction to some perceived youth crime wave.

  Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly : It also says that we prosecute juveniles as adults at the discretion of the district attorney. He made the call. You do your job which should be easy enough with Jeremy's confession.

  Alexandra Cabot : A win for the D.A. So that's what this is about. Cause I'd like to know just how much of a sycophant I have to be in this new administration.