Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Influence (2006)
Dann Florek: Captain Donald 'Don' Cragen
Quotes
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Captain Donald Cragen : [Discussing Jamie's rape allegations] So she solicited two of her classmates so a third boy would have sex with her?
Detective Elliot Stabler : It looks that way.
Detective John Munch : When I was a kid, girls who had sex were afraid of being called sluts. Now they're auditioning for the title.
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Detective Olivia Benson : [about Jamie] Look, I saw her. The girl had PTSD. You can't fake that kind of trauma.
Captain Donald Cragen : She got caught doing it with two guys in the john. That's enough to traumatize anybody.
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Captain Donald Cragen : [about Derek Lord] What makes a rock musician think he's an expert on psychiatry?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : That's a good question. If I could, I'd charge Derek Lord as a co-defendant.
Detective Olivia Benson : First Amendment says that he's got a right to his opinion.
Captain Donald Cragen : This is one hell of a mess.
Detective Olivia Benson : Look, I screwed up. Jamie was upset. I should have never let her go home.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : You had no reason to hold her. You couldn't know she'd steal her parents' car.
Captain Donald Cragen : She ran down those people right after we released her. Makes us look negligent. The sooner we charge this girl, the better.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : It's not that simple. Jamie was having an acute psychotic episode.
Captain Donald Cragen : Which she suffered after choosing to stop taking her medication.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : We already have one dead girl. So who benefits from destroying the life of another?
Detective Olivia Benson : She's got a point, Captain.
Captain Donald Cragen : What are you suggesting?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Probation with mandatory counseling.
Captain Donald Cragen : For vehicular manslaughter?
A.D.A. Casey Novak : I'm not gonna throw the book at this girl just to satisfy your bosses downtown.
Captain Donald Cragen : This wasn't some disturbed homeless person. This girl had the best drugs and treatment available.
A.D.A. Casey Novak : Yeah, which her idol told her to stop taking.
Captain Donald Cragen : Okay. This is your call. You just remember we got two boys whose lives were ruined by her false allegations. A dead girl and half a dozen others injured when Jamie mowed them down. Now, you let her walk, your ass is on the line right next to mine.