The Accused - Uncertain Outcomes in a Difficult Situation
Sarah Tobias:
What are our chances?
Kathryn Murphy:
50-50 at the most. Good night.
Sarah Tobias:
Good night.
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The Accused - Conflicting Perspectives on a Controversial Figure
Cliff Scorpion Albrect:
No, I don't know her. She's a whore, the last time I saw her she was doing a sex show.
Kathryn Murphy:
You watched?
Cliff Scorpion Albrect:
You bet your ass I watched she put on a great show!
Kathryn Murphy:
I thought she was raped?
Cliff Scorpion Albrect:
Raped? She fucked a bar full of guys then she turns round and blames them for it? Listen lady, she loved it, she had an audience, she did the show of her life!
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The Accused - Debate on Criminal Solicitation and Responsibility
Kathryn Murphy:
Listen again..."A person is guilty of criminal solicitation if he commands, induces, entreats or otherwise persuades another person to commit a felony-
Paul Rudolph:
You can read it to me until you're blue in the face, I am not gonna let you prosecute a bunch of spectators -
Kathryn Murphy: [cutting him off]
They're not spectators. They solicited the rape.
Paul Rudolph:
Do you really want to ask a jury to lock up a bunch of people for clapping and cheering?
Kathryn Murphy:
Clapping? Cheering? Pushing? Goading? Getting the rape going and keeping it going!
Paul Rudolph:
And what happens if you lose? You'll look like an incompetent. If you win, you'll look like a vengeful bitch. Either way, you'll hurt yourself and this office. Now, drop it. You've got more important things to do.
Kathryn Murphy:
No I haven't.
Paul Rudolph:
You haven't got more important things to do than go to trial with a sure loser? What the hell's gotten into you?
Kathryn Murphy:
We owe her.
Paul Rudolph:
Owe her what? We put the rapists away.
Kathryn Murphy:
I owe her.
Paul Rudolph:
I see. You wanna spend my money to put a bunch of spectators on trial - a trial that you'll lose - because you owe her? No! You don't get to use this office to pay your debts!
Kathryn Murphy:
I am going to try this case and you are not going to stop me.
Paul Rudolph:
Kathryn, you're an ace. You've got a great future. Don't put it in jeopardy.
Kathryn Murphy: [turns to exit]
What are you going to do, fire me? Go right ahead. My first case will be a civil suit against the rapists, the solicitors, the Bar and the State. I will show that Sarah Tobias ended up in a hospital bed because this office sold her out. I will personally subpoena your records, put you on the witness stand and cross-examine you about every single sleazy plea-bargain this office has ever made.
Paul Rudolph: [shouting; turns to notice others in the office staring at him]
Go ahead! Try your case! Have a good time! Because win or lose, you're through! What are you lookin at? Get back to work!
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The Accused - The Weight of Silence and Indifference
Kathryn Murphy:
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Paulsen has told you that the testimony of Sarah Tobias is nothing. Sarah Tobias was raped, but that is nothing. She was cut and bruised and terrorized but that is nothing. All of it happened in front of a howling crowd and that is nothing. Well, it may be nothing to Mr. Paulsen, but it is not nothing to Sarah Tobias and I don't believe it is nothing to you. Next, Mr. Paulsen tried to convince you that Kenneth Joyce was the only one in that room who knew that Sarah Tobias was being raped - the only one! Now you watched Kenneth Joyce, how did he strike you? Did he seem especially sensitive, especially observant? Did he seem so remarkable that you said to yourselves, Of course! This man would notice things other people wouldn't. Do you believe that Kenneth Joyce saw something in that room that those three men didn't see? In all the time that Sarah was pinned down on that Pinball machine that other people didn't know? Kenneth Joyce confessed to you that he watched a rape and did nothing. He told you that everyone in that bar behaved badly - and he was right. But no matter how immoral it may be, it is not the crime of criminal solicitation to walk away from a rape. It is not the crime of criminal solicitation to silently watch a rape. But it is the crime of criminal solicitation to induce or entreat or encourage or persuade another person to commit a rape. Hold her down! Stick it to her! Make her moan! These three men did worse than nothing. They cheered, and they clapped, and they rooted the others on. They made sure that Sarah Tobias was raped, and raped, and raped. Now you tell me, is that nothing?
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The Accused - Perception of Vulnerability in Courtroom Trials
Kathryn Murphy:
This is what the jury is going to see. And they are going to see the girl too and you can't tell it from these. But she's tiny. She's the most defenseless looking thing you you ever saw.
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At First Sight - Understanding Support for Those Who Struggle
Jennie Adamson:
Amy - when Virgil was very young, he couldn't see those close to him - so he never learned to reach out. Don't expect him to reach out when he's in pain, or confused, or unhappy. If you really care about him you have to just be there for him.
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At First Sight - The Dual Nature of Hope
Jennie Adamson:
Hope is like fire, it can keep you warm - or it can burn you.
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At First Sight - Questioning the Desire for Change
Jennie Adamson:
When there's something you've adapted to, accepted - you'd just want to change it without even thinking about it?
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Witness - Facing the Reality of Departure
Rachel Lapp:
He's leaving, isn't he?
Eli Lapp:
Tomorrow morning. He'll need his city clothes.
Rachel Lapp:
But why? What does he have to go back to?
Eli Lapp:
He's going back to his world, where he belongs. He knows it, and you know it, too.
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Witness - A Conversation About Unexpected Learning
Rachel Lapp:
Are you enjoying your reading?
John Book:
Oh yeah. I'm learning a lot about manure. Very interesting.
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Witness - Discussion on Family and Parenthood Choices
Rachel Lapp:
Your sister says you don't have a family.
John Book:
No, I don't.
Rachel Lapp:
She thinks that you ought to get married and have children of your own, instead of trying to be a father to hers.
John Book:
Yeah.
Rachel Lapp:
Except she thinks you are afraid of the responsibility.
John Book:
That's interesting... anything else?
Rachel Lapp:
Mm hm... she thinks you like policing because you think you are right about everything and you're the only one who can do anything, and when you drink a lot of beer you say things like none of the other police know a crook from a bag of elbows!'. At least I think that's what she said.
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Witness - Urgency in Leaving the City
Rachel Lapp: [as she and Samuel are walking through the police station with Book]
When can we leave the city?
John Book:
We're trying to get this done as quickly as possible, then you can go. But, Samuel's probably gonna have to come back to testify. I'm sorry.
Rachel Lapp:
No, you are not, you are glad.
John Book:
Huh?
Rachel Lapp:
Because now you have a witness.
John Book:
Yeah, now I got a witness.
Rachel Lapp:
I just don't like the idea of my son spending all this time with a man who carries a gun and goes around whacking people!
John Book: [in disbelief]
Whacking?... whacking?
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Witness - Relief at John's Survival
Rachel Lapp:
We're all very happy that you're going to live, John Book. We didn't know what we would do with you if you'd died.
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Top Gun - Conflicted Feelings in the Cockpit
Maverick: [as Charlie screeches to a halt after chasing Maverick on his motorcycle]
JESUS CHRIST, AND YOU THINK I'M RECKLESS? WHEN I FLY, I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT MY CREW AND MY PLANE COME FIRST!
Charlie: [bangs the car's door]
Well, I am going to FINISH MY SENTENCE, LIEUTENANT! My review of your flight performance was RIGHT ON!
Maverick:
Is that right?
Charlie:
That is right, but I held something back. I see some real genius in your flying, Maverick, but I can't say that in there. I was afraid that everyone in the TAC's trailer would see right through me, and I just don't want anyone to know that I've fallen for you.
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Top Gun - Misunderstandings in Communication Among Friends
Charlie:
Eh, Lieutenant, what were you doing there?
Goose:
Communicating.
Maverick:
Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations. I was, you know, giving him the bird.
Goose: [Extending his middle finger]
You know, the finger!
Charlie:
Yes, I know the finger, Goose.
Goose:
Sorry. I hate it when it does that.
Charlie: [to Maverick]
So you're the one.
Maverick:
Yes, ma'am.
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