Law & Order (TV Series)
Born Bad (1993)
Steven Hill: DA Adam Schiff
Quotes
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D.A. Adam Schiff : You can't force the other side to play. You put a check in the win column and you count your blessings.
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : In any other circumstances, that's exactly what I'd do.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Why does this kid deserve such special attention?
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : Because he's pleading for the wrong reason. His lawyer tells him that he's born bad. We tell him he's raised bad. He buys both stories. Sees his life as a dead end.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Maybe he knows his life better than you do. Your job is to convict not to rehabilitate.
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : He's a 14-year-old kid who gave up.
D.A. Adam Schiff : So you're doing him a favor.
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : If he gave up his illusions, right, but he gave up hope and I drove him to that. Now anything might happen to that kid in prison.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Gary Gilmore. Westley Dodd. Two unrepentant killers. Everybody wants them dead until they agree and then we turn them into folk heroes.
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone : We had nothing to do with their fates.
D.A. Adam Schiff : You want them to start naming churches after you, I'd get another profession. Take the kid's plea. Move on to the next case.