Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

In Loco Parentis (2018)

Philip Winchester: ADA Peter Stone

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• Eli Hartley : You know what? It doesn't matter. I'm already wearing the scarlet "R". My friends won't talk to me. You know, since Hudson booted me, I applied to six other colleges. I got 700s on my SATs and that wasn't good enough. Once the PC police get their fangs into you, your life in polite society is over.

  Peter Stone : And that's... that's what happened to you?

  Eli Hartley : Sure is. All it takes is one girl to say you looked at her funny and that's it. Your life's over.

• Peter Stone : [to Ethan]  You were accused. Therefore, you were guilty.

  Eli Hartley : That's right. I was already labeled a rapist. What the hell? I might as well be a rapist.

  Peter Stone : And who better to rape than Mia Marino?

  Eli Hartley : That's right! The bitch ruined me and I got to ruin her.

• Peter Stone : [to a rape suspect]  I'm new to SVU. But I get that no one just confesses to rape. It's too easy to deny or say she wanted it. What I'm waiting to hear is a version of the story that makes me believe you over her. And frankly, that's not happening.

• Peter Stone : Look, what you do, working full-time as a lieutenant and being a single mother, that must take more energy than I can imagine. And you... what I mean is, you make it look effortless.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, you don't have to flatter me.

  Peter Stone : I'm just telling you how I see it.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. Carisi's niece is telling the truth. Uh, she may have been unclear the first time, but the second time, I believe her.

  Peter Stone : I do, too, but she's still an imperfect witness.

  Olivia Benson : Welcome to Sex Crimes. Look, Stone, there are no perfect witnesses. They leave out part of the story. They can't remember. They feel guilty, change their minds. They blame themselves. They think it's their fault, but that's why we're here. To fight for them. And the less perfect they are, the harder we fight. Look, nobody asks a robbery or a homicide victim if she wanted it. Nobody says, "Hey, why was she walking down the dark alley?" Why was she wearing the dark skirt?" Nobody implies that the crime was somehow her fault.

  Peter Stone : I'm just used to having more evidence before I go to trial.

  Olivia Benson : You have the victim's word. We go to trial so the victim, the survivor, can look her rapist in the eye and tell the world her truth. We go to trial so she can be heard. The truth, that's what heals. If you're going to trial because you want to win, you're in the wrong place.

• Peter Stone : [to Carisi]  We've all got family secrets, Detective. The important thing is, you spoke up when it counted.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : You know, you're not such a bad guy for a lawyer.

  Peter Stone : I do my best.

• Peter Stone : What are we looking at?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : The sexual assault happened three months ago at Hudson University. The victim never went to the police. It was handled internally by the school.

  Olivia Benson : So there's no rape kit. You know, untrained investigators, but Hudson University did find the male student responsible.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : The guy was only suspended. For a year. And he made threats. I think he's a danger to the victim. Who, full disclosure, is, um... she's my eighteen year old niece.

  Peter Stone : Good to know. Anything else?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah. I believe her. And the school did, too.

  Peter Stone : Okay. But despite Betsy DeVos, New York's "Enough is Enough" law is still on the books?

  Olivia Benson : It is.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Under Title IX, the school only needs preponderance of evidence to convict. The State needs beyond a reasonable doubt. We understand that.

  Peter Stone : Good. I've heard enough.

  Olivia Benson : [he stands to leave]  That's it? You're leaving?

  Peter Stone : I'm going to get you a subpoena for the tribunal transcripts. It's a start until you can get me enough evidence to charge rape.