Law & Order (TV Series)

By Hooker, by Crook (1990)

Michael Moriarty: Executive ADA Ben Stone

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Quotes 

• Ben Stone : How many prostitutes have you received services from?

  Kurtz : About 2,000.

  Ben Stone : Any of them more than once?

  Kurtz : A few, most of them weren't worth doing once, let alone a second time.

  [jury laughs] 

• Kurtz : [about Jolene]  She gets you very, very excited, and she's very, very good at what she does.

  Ben Stone : Is what Jolene does hard on the heart?

  Kurtz : She's hard on EVERY part of the body.

  [jury laughs] 

• 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.

• [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] 

• 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.