Law & Order (TV Series)

The Wages of Love (1991)

Jerry Orbach: Defense Attorney Frank Lehrman

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• Frank Lehrman : Murder two? Why even have it on the menu? This isn't murder, it's manslaughter.

  Ben Stone : So you're admitting she killed them?

  Frank Lehrman : No, but if she killed them, it was extreme emotional disturbance. And that's manslaughter.

  Ben Stone : I get it. She wasn't there. And if she was there, she didn't kill them. And if she did kill them, she didn't mean to. And if she did mean to, it's because she was upset.

  Frank Lehrman : Cute. The murder charge is inflated.

  Ben Stone : If she killed in the heat of passion and you can prove it.

  Frank Lehrman : Her husband was in bed with another woman. Juries tend to be sympathetic.

  Ben Stone : They also tend to sympathize with people who have been shot six times.

  Frank Lehrman : Criminally negligent homicide. She does no time.

  Ben Stone : No time? Why don't we throw her a tickerttape parade? Manslaughter one, eight and a third each count.

  Frank Lehrman : It's called plea bargaining, not plea scalping. Pass.