You Think I Would Cheat to Win? - Law & Order

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From Season 5, Episode 6 "Competence" - Briscoe, Logan, McCoy and Kincaid try to clear Van Buren's name after she shoots a pair of young men who accost her at an automated teller machine.
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[@gasmmusic]

"Do you really think I would cheat to win a case?" Adam is thinking "Well, yes. Yes, you would."

[@felisd]

Then, when Jack became the DA, he got saddled with Cutter as an ADA who cheat and skirted the edge of the law even closer than Jack did back in the day. And Jack had to rein Cutter in. I always laughed at those scenes in the latest seasons because I was like, "Jack, you did the same in his shoes back in the day - it's a bit rich telling him off for making the same decision now!" What goes around comes around, I guess.

[@NWRsk]

@@felisdexactly what I thought when Jack tried to reprimand Mike on the cases😂

[@obliviouz]

"You Think I Would Cheat to Win?" McCoy should watch some Law and Order reruns. Because yes, he absolutely would, because he absolutely has cheated to win.

[@zackq8865]

Well he also has been honest and fair as well in some cases. Like for instance that one case where the defense attorney who was played by actor gregory Hines totally schooled Mr mccoy which was one of the rare times someone got the better of him. However during that trial mccoy got angry at his own witness for lying on the stand under oath to benifit McCoy's case which she thought he wanted and he told her straight up afterwards that "don't get me wrong I like winning just as much as anyone, but not on the expense of a false/untrue testimony."

[@thefighter5182]

It doesn't mean that Mr McCoy would cheat to win because he wouldn't. Because it's not the District Attorney job to not withhold information because no one is saying that you shouldn't do that. Because I fully agree with Mr McCoy.

[@obliviouz]

​@@zackq8865Being an honest DA should be the norm, not the exception. If you're only honest and fair "in some cases", you're failing.

[@obliviouz]

@@thefighter5182 It absolutely is the DA's job to not withhold information - a defence attorney is to defend their client, a DA's job isn't just to prosecute, but to investigate and arrive at the TRUE and correct outcome. That means giving the defence any and all relevant information, because that's how the adversarial criminal justice system works.

[@johnwest194]

@@obliviouz well said

[@ColumbiaB]

Obviously this is fiction, but one thing that does ring true is the District Attorney’s anger, that one of his assistants made a decision that was, ethically, a very close call, and failed to inform him of that decision. In a law office, you •don’t• blindside the boss like that.

[@BradyKaynee]

Notice the defense attorney would often get very close to the witness stand without permission. He would get tackled for that.

[@ColumbiaB]

Brady Kaynee - In some courtrooms, yes. But it depends on the rules of the trial court, which vary greatly in jurisdictions across the U.S., and on the discretion of the individual judge. I don’t know about actual NY trial courts, but in the L&O universe, of course, the attorneys constantly come very close to witnesses on the stand. A virtually iconic shot from the trial segments of the series, repeated over and over in many episodes, was ADA Ben Stone (Michael Moriarty) practically looming over the witness (or the camera filming the witness-pov take!) as he leans over the railing.

[@Shyvorix]

@@ColumbiaB Me and other friends and family have been in courtrooms as jury, and a few in criminal court too. The attorneys do indeed often approach the stand UNLESS the person on the stand is a threat to the people's safety, which can be rare.

[@ColumbiaB]

Zhyvora - The court rules in some jurisdictions do indeed allow that. As I said, the rules vary from state to state, and sometime from city to city.

[@ColumbiaB]

No, if the argument is that the DA is mad only because McCoy got caught, I disagree. Even if no one outside the office ever knew about it, McCoy was encroaching on his boss’s prerogatives. Especially when it comes to a question of ethics, that would make the DA deeply steamed, regardless of public repercussions, or the lack thereof.

[@TheRealProlificTV]

“And besides I don’t want to.” Ahahahaha Classic.

[@ronwatson4043]

I imagine the director for every scene with a defense lawyer yelling, "CUT! I need you to be sleezyer. MOE SLEEZEY-NESS!"

[@JamesSmith-rh4is]

Steven Hill did a magnificent job in his portrayal of District Attorney Adam Schiff.

[@starguy2718]

As opposed to the Clown Show put on by the *other* Adam Schiff, aka Pencil Neck.

[@deborahpolk1854]

I loved him season 1 of mission impossible

[@Aluhcav]

The opening scene of this video is literally what lawyers do when talking a case.

[@FriskyFrankie]

"Do you really think I would cheat to win a case?" Was that a rhetorical question?

[@TheAmateurEditor]

McCoy always hovered over the line of 'cheating' and 'creative' when it came to his tactics. He always acted with Justice as his end goal, never personal gain. The problem is with the system that favours the Law over Justice. As a former prosecutor and current police officer, I find it really hard to believe that he wouldn't have been disbarred very early on in his career if he practised Law in real life.

[@MaurickSh]

@@TheAmateurEditor Prosecutors hold evidence all the time. Most states have now laws against holding back evidence from defense attorneys, unfortunately. And with how everyone in the system has to behave together to work out plea agreements, they usually get away with it.

[@kirstinmorrell]

@@TheAmateurEditor That's really interesting! What made you decide to leave the practice of law and become a police officer?

[@TheAmateurEditor]

@@kirstinmorrell Circumstances mostly. The country in which I was practising was very seriously effected by the 201-13 banking collapse and to the state prosecutor's budget was reduced to virtually less than 40% of what it was. Cutbacks had to be made with immediate effect, so the lawyers with the most years service only got their salaries frozen, but those of us with less than 5 years had to go unfortunately. All my life, all I ever wanted to be was a criminal prosecutor, never cared for being a defence lawyer. My only option left was to start my own practise and go into another area of law until things picked up economically and try and rejoin the state prosecutor's, but unfortunately I couldn't afford it due to the crisis. A really good friend of mine suggested I join the Police and I liked the idea of preventing a crime from happening rather than just picking up the pieces after the fact. And so now here I am,

[@Tacitus-qd3ev]

@@MaurickSh Holding back evidence from defense attorneys is despicable and ought to be banned.

[@odinfromcentr2]

The lesson here is obvious: When in that much doubt about whether something falls under Brady disclosure rules, you're probably better off disclosing... but if you're that willing to take the chance, don't let anyone who outranks you end up caught naked.

[@cunningsmile4166]

Simply put if the person is mentally handicapped that severely, it's a case so much as publicity stunt

[@hazeleyees]

Claire’s outfits scream early 90s. Love it.

[@JohnSmiffer]

"Do you think I would cheat to win?" *Cheats to try and win*

[@colinmccormack5340]

The people who think this is outrageous should REALLY take a good hard look at the acts of actual prosecutors. This is not remotely unusual.

[@noahorakwue2653]

why is that? a judge decides if evidence is irrelevant not the prosecution.

[@noahorakwue2653]

Bryce Corbin So let me get this straight a prosecutor can withhold evidence claiming that it’s irrelevant but a judge can’t determine its relevance if it’s being withheld. Can you see my problem here?

[@ironfromice]

@Bryce Corbin And that is withholding evidence, Noah's entire point. A prosecutor has no right to withhold evidence or determine it's not relevant. That's the entire problem, and your responses is proving his point. That's like someone important calling for you and a friend takes the call and never tells you about it and you missed a great opportunity that could be life changing. They have no right not to tell you about it when it concerns you and the prosecutor has no right to withhold evidence. And it's not only something you can get disbarred for, it can affect your colleagues and as Adam said, the integrity of the office.

[@loremipsum3610]

@@ironfromice Noah is the one who said that a judge can decide of the evidence is irrelevant or not. Bryce's point is that if the prosecution never introduces it *as* evidence, the judge never gets the chance to make that call.

[@boredlawyer3382]

@@noahorakwue2653 You are missing what is going on here. Under Brady v. Maryland (1963), the prosecution is obligated to turn over any evidence that is exculpatory, meaning it would help the defense. The prosecutors are basically on their honor to do this. They are not obligated to turn over evidence that has nothing to do with the case. If they fail in this duty, some judges can come down on them like a ton of bricks. Sometimes is unclear whether the evidence is really relevant to the case or not. Now if it were me, I would err on the side of disclosing it to the defense, and then argue to the judge that it should not be admitted. Not everything the prosecutor discloses to the other side is admissible, or even, for that matter, is necessarily used by the defense. If you disclose, you have done your duty, and then you can fight it out before the judge whether it comes in or not.

[@quasimodojdls]

"Do you really think I would cheat to win a case?" LOL. Do you really want me to answer that, McCoy?

[@tyrone6481]

"and if she finds against ya, you'll be lucky if you're closing up the office before lunch." 0_0

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

The first scene is an excellent discussion of the prosecutor's side of the discovery process. In discovery, prosecution and defense put their cards (evidence) on the table, and if prosecution has any evidence related to the case, they must turn all of it over to the defense. This is because the prosecutor has tremendous advantages over the defense, especially today with "zero tolerance" and "three strikes" statutes all over the country: they naturally have a ton of evidence (hopefully) before going to the grand jury, and they are usually well-funded by the state while defense attorneys and public defenders are given a pittance by comparison. And DA Schiff is exactly right: by withholding evidence, McCoy gave the defense attorney a massive PR weapon and an opportunity to put his career in jeopardy for misconduct.

[@TheAmateurEditor]

The prosecution doesn't have any advantage over the defence. It is a long established rule, in all but dictatorial/fascist regimes, that the defence gets all the breaks and the prosecution all the hurdles.

[@eldridgedavis]

Idk about that..some defense attorneys that practice make millions of dollars..and work for firms that have endowments larger than some city budgets.

[@JL_Lux]

@@eldridgedavis why most people don’t have enough money to cover a $400 bill and you think those people are hiring millionaire attorneys? Big law - which is why your referring to handle corporate cases and usually only wok white collar crime . Prosecutors have the advantage

[@alexbrown7708]

@@TheAmateurEditor That's not how it works in America. The prosecution has a huge advantage of the defense

[@alexbrown7708]

@@eldridgedavis Key point some. Public defenders get paid much worse but require just and much education. They also get less time to prepare the case and can have information hidden from them until a few days before trial

[@beng4151]

They always got awesome actors to play the defense attorneys. Cocky, confident, arrogant......and ruthless.

[@alexbrown7708]

Yeah they always portray defense attorneys as bad people.

[@leavesofchange]

But it’s such great telly that way!

[@sandraruland3846]

Of which you cannot categorize Sam Waterston's as Jack McCoy.

[@Tribozom]

Nick :"░O░b░j░e░c░t░i░o░n░!░"

[@Sunsquall]

This clip is a great example of why defense investigations are so important. Neither police nor prosecutors are required to present exculpatory evidence at trial. Without competent, professional investigators working a case on a defendant's behalf, it can be very easy for the state to win convictions with only one side of the story.

[@RLucas3000]

Can’t they be required to reveal that evidence not under discovery but under the freedom of information act?

[@Sunsquall]

@@RLucas3000 Yes but FOIA requests can take a long time and you don't really know what you're gonna get. Besides, reports etc. don't always tell the whole story.

[@scottmatheson3346]

they are required to turn exculpatory evidence over to the defense, which is the whiole point of the episode. Now it is true that the state can behave unethically and that is why defense investigation is such a good idea.

[@amead78]

This is the same Jack that sent a witness to another country so they couldn’t testify in court.

[@AnnaJo2000]

You're kidding. Which episode was this? It's not that I don't believe you, but it's sooo out of character for McCoy.

[@amead78]

@@AnnaJo2000 The episode was ‘Under the Influence. A guy gets drunk on an airplane and then drove through a crowd of people. McCoy wants the death penalty for the guy because his last assistant was also killed by a drunk driver. www.imdb.com/title/tt0629481/

[@AnnaJo2000]

@@amead78 That makes sense. McCoy loved Kinkaid, and was anguished when she was killed by a drunk driver. Thank you for answering. I got to see that episode now.

[@infonut]

@@amead78 .. not a crowd. he intentionally drove into a man on the street then gunned it to strike another man with his son further down the block. No other people were present. Riveting episode.

[@davidcombs3617]

He also did that to submarine a grandstanding judge looking to use that case to challenge Adam in the election for DA. 😉

[@DrownedInExile]

Jack has cheated to win a case. He may have done the right thing in the end, but it still almost got him disbarred.

[@ajvanmarle]

And the fact that it was almost, rather than actually, is what makes this series so bad.

[@electroskates2434]

@@ajvanmarle then get out

[@albertjester]

"d'You really think I would cheat to win?" Mate. You're a Lawyer.

[@starguy2718]

That's a required course, in law school.

[@samhart4205]

The skyline behind McCoy and Kincaid is beautiful. They don't do shots like that anymore.

[@davidhoward4715]

Yes, they do.

[@unknownentity9468]

watch Better Call Saul

[@deoceeluke2151]

Is it just me or does Adam look more lively now than when he was with Ben Stone

[@foolishdrunk2181]

Worst case of prosecutorial misconduct was Janet Reno in 1980. A witness was left in jail until willing to lie under oath, as Reno wanted. How did she not go to prison for that?

[@Hellraiser0601]

Shut up, you're drunk.

[@foolishdrunk2181]

@@Hellraiser0601 Dude, it's just a name. Look up the facts if you need to

[@sonrouge]

Political pull

[@JL_Lux]

She taught at Columbia law

[@hydrangeas_lover]

She was white.

[@vinceedwards3978]

I wish these early LAO seasons were on Peacock!

[@asecretone]

@@Redpillmediatv Hey! There are 10 of us now!!

[@FortunateJuice]

Kareem Abdul Jabbar as the defense counsel.

[@kevinfagen5865]

I can just imagine a JackMcoy/Sam Waterston character grandstanding about "VALID ID" "REAL ID" .

[@Dabhach1]

That's what I could never warm to about the McCoy character. Winning was the only thing that mattered, by any means necessary.

[@TheAmateurEditor]

Yes and no. He only wanted to win if he genuinely felt Justice wasn't being done. You can fault his tactics, but never his heart.

[@sarahakm]

I always loved how McCoy would find loopholes or ride that edge, even if it didn't always seem ethical. I also loved how years later when he was DA and ADA Cutter pulled some fast ones. McCoy yelled at how Cutter was a loose cannon and I just laughed.

[@SynthCool]

mccoy kind of inspired a generation of prosecutors to be obnoxious with god complexes than being public servants ben stone had his flaws but i think he was a way more likable character

[@OrchestrationOnline]

That's the way the character is written. You're not supposed to like him. He's in the show because he's watchable, not because he's always right.

[@oscarlover100]

He learns from his mistakes however once he goes in front of the disciplinary committee for not revealing a witness to the defense in a drunk driving case out of a desire to get a form of revenge for Claire Kincaid' being killed by a drunk driver a few years earlier. He ends up learning from what he did.

[@UltimatumNo5]

Lack of disclosure is very common in ny courtrooms and across the US - even here in the UK, despite there being an independent disclosure person, still there is failure for police and cps to turn over exculpatory evidence

[@MalachiDees2005]

"Besides, I don't want to." Typical McCoy.

[@ironfromice]

Adam put his foot down. And rightfully so.

[@chaderickson7859]

Yes, watching now, already aired.. Yes McCoy I do think that

[@LunaGoddess24]

Anyone else just love the thumbnail of McCoy & Kincaid???

[@Jhonnysins-q1e]

I did

[@ItsGooseIsland]

Fire thumbnail

[@electroskates2434]

They are lovers

[@michaelleary9233]

I know, hated when she left. I wish her twin sister Jackie could've taken over the role.

[@TheBatugan77]

Jack liked Claire's thumbnails. And toenails.

[@Candylithe]

Yes!! A new vid!!

[@genesis1765]

Adam is brilliant so cool.

[@Inferno144]

I get some real Edgeworth vibes from McCoy

[@marquesjohnson6359]

first I LMAO that McCoy actually tried to act offended somebody would ask him that then I thought to be fair I don't remember if he ever actually broke any laws but he fractured aleast several dozen

[@secranb]

It’s moments like this that make people not like attorneys. I don’t care how much a piece of evidence may be bad for the parties, you turn it over in discovery.

[@nataliee.parker2873]

Why, yes, McCoy! You wanna know why, McCoy? Because you're McCoy, McCoy!

[@KarunanithiNRamachandran]

justice is when the case against a murderer is clear cut but he gets away with it because of a technicality , a comma in the wrong place , so to speak .

[@cunningsmile4166]

Honestly they pretty much say he can routine actions that require no thinking. Beyond that, he was confirmed incapable of criminal intent as he doesnt have the capacity to understand the bigger world. His lawyer is just making the case out to be a big deal, when in truth, the kid is only a victim of the dead kid. Its like they say, madness is trying the same thing and hoping for a different result.

[@dave929]

It’s only cheating if you get caught. This might be “fiction”, but art imitates life.

[@agent6941]

Best show

[@andrewvaughan42]

If anyone wants to know the follow up... Turns out the challenged kid bought the braclet before the robbery by selling his baseball cards, destroying the defences theory.

[@tystin_gaming]

So the young "innocent" black kid that "never hurt nobody" actually did it!!! What a fucking shock.

[@maurreese]

@@tystin_gaming Only a simp would be triggered by a fictional character's race 🤭😬

[@darkassassin6457]

Mauricio Graham so do you actually know what simp means? Or are you throwing it around because you can ?

[@levibradley5098]

@@maurreese You keep using that word, I don't think it means what you think it means...

[@DanielFolsom]

​@@tystin_gaming So you're telling me that a TV show in the 1990s had the young, seemingly-innocent black kid be the villain? What a fucking shock.

[@beverlyledbetter4906]

Jack McCoy is up there with Briscoe and Curtis in my book!🤘

[@ReaverLordTonus]

Wait, so the defense attorney is going out of his way in court to blame the kid who got shot for his own so his client would not be held responsible, but then on TV cries out about the injustice of this unarmed kid getting shot by the cop he so competently tried to rob?

[@stephenhenley7452]

Let's not forget that he's crying out for the injustice of the "white" system (it was a black officer that shot him)

[@TPTGopher]

With very few exceptions, if you can watch an L&O episode and never think "If I had the power to bring the dead back to life, I would use it on (defense attorney's name here)...so I could burn them alive again", that defense attorney isn't doing their job.

[@ajvanmarle]

@@TPTGopher which is the problem with L&O. They have created this fiction that prosecutors are the underdog. The reality is that prosecutors have an enormous advantage while the defendant is stuck with an overworked, underpaid public defender that has a hundred other cases to cover.

[@michalsoukup1021]

The advantage at trial is a product of prosecutorial discretion. Literally if you do not think you can win the case you don't bring it up. We see Jack working the big cases that DO go to trial, we don't see any of the cases where police finishes their investigation and Jack looks at it concluded "we take this to court, we get our teeth kicked in" and drops the case.

[@philswaim392]

He did violate Brady. It is for the jury to be the fact finder. It is for the jury to decide if that information is relevant. You can also argue before the judge to keep it excluded. But you dont get to hide testimony you deem to not be credible or relevant. Brady is very very harsh on this. Most violations of Brady require dismissal of the case entirely. Not a mistrial.

[@waterbitten]

Jack was so young here. Wow.

[@roseredmayne]

Jack was just trying to get the guilty party in jail but cheating the law and cutting corners isn't the ethical or moral way to do things.

[@sandraruland3846]

He NEVER cheated.

[@biruss]

Watch how he wrongfully put a defense lawyer in jail

[@cindybain5176]

Great sound

[@markschiavone8003]

Why yes, yes we all think you would!

[@blacksheep25251]

Do all courts have some sort of gorgeous art behind them?

[@eldridgedavis]

Many do

[@Djorgal]

What strikes me is that every time the defense attorney questions a witness, he says something, objection, sustained, no more questions... No! The objections have been sustained. Everything you just said has been stricken from the record and the jury will be instructed to ignore it (if they can even remember it after days of trial). You did not get anything out of these witnesses.

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

Thats incorrect. Sustained objections are reasons to have things striken from record but that is a separate request and objections mearly stop you from going down that line. In real life most if not all objections lead to things being striken from the record but if you dont ask for things to be striken they wont be and in shows they rarely follow through

[@kissfan7]

I think a third party should review evidence to determine if it should be handed over or not.

[@JL_Lux]

Everything should be handed over! Simplify

[@Tribozom]

"░O░b░j░e░c░t░i░o░n░!░"

[@12thDecember]

If there's even a remote chance that the evidence is exculpatory, there's a duty to disclose. So McCoy had absolutely zero standing to withhold it. JMHO.

[@sharpshooter13ify]

“You think I would cheat to win?” Isn’t that standard operating procedure for ADAs?

[@fishsticks850]

Lmfao This sounds exactly right. Prosecution decides if what they have is relevant to the defenses case.

[@brianellinger6622]

gaveling at your feet... PLEASE LOOk AT THIS

[@garwynrosser8907]

It's a matter of interpretation... His isn't wrong. He just didn't think anyone else's mattered. He forgot about the Judge.

[@Tribozom]

1:59 "Seriously?"

[@cyprex011]

Yes

[@chum27]

Where are full episodes of L&O available iTunes only shows season 1-2 and 16-20

[@jamaalshelton6793]

It’s free on daily motion...almost all of them but shhhh lol

[@kirsyrosa2595]

Good Morning Nelly...I need my money and my weed back Asap

[@beckybarts8509]

McCoy is the best prosecuting attorney they ever had on the show

[@Nightopian1982]

He was good, but nah, for me, Ben Stone was the best. He at least didn't just want to win, no matter the cost. He operated within the law. And later in the show, when McCoy was DA and was running for Governor, he was obsessed with his name.

[@ghostshell30]

Nope !!! Nobody can replace ben stone.

[@nightskylights4501]

@@Nightopian1982, nope, Jack was the best.

[@Nightopian1982]

@@nightskylights4501 nope, Ben Stone was (we could go back and forth with this one endlessly!)...

[@patrickdepew4976]

Does anyone remember if Briscoe had a scene with the defense attorney Osborn in this episode? Because that would mean Lumiere met Sebastian.

[@benhislop1458]

(1:32-1:36) anyone else notice the dubbing?

[@electroskates2434]

No

[@electroskates2434]

Oh wait yes actually

[@interstate366]

Good catch

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

She was stunning

[@electroskates2434]

Who

[@TheBatugan77]

​@@electroskates2434 Her.

[@HajimeNoJMo]

It’s weird this is only one of two episode where the cops killed a suspect. But in SVU, it happens like three or five times a season

[@kevinslater4126]

Hey, it's Minuet

[@lindseygarcia4894]

What episode is this?

[@electroskates2434]

S5 E6 competence

[@johnroscoe2406]

When you're young, it's all about Angie Harmon. When you're older and more mature, it's all about Jill Hennesy.

[@andreachilton6037]

McCoy was very good at his job, but he knew he was, and it made him a bit arrogant.

[@Joekool88]

You Think I Would Cheat to Win? seeing how DA and public prosecutors act, yes

[@darkfan4706]

The defense attorney might have lost for acting like a condescending punk.

[@TheAmateurEditor]

Trust me, there's tons of them around and they always have clients. They obviously don't suffer for it...

[@JL_Lux]

@@TheAmateurEditor ummm are they not supposed to be confident? You want your lawyer to be humble? Your facing years in prison

[@TheBatugan77]

​@@JL_Lux You're*

[@EricDaMAJ]

I was never a fan of the show. I just find it interesting watching these snippets like I did when I flipped channels on the TV back when it was in rotation 20+ years ago.

[@wongsifu460]

Wow Kincaid is an absolute cutie

[@seanwebb605]

Spoiler alert: they find that he had already purchased the jewelry for his girlfriend. He didn't have a motive to commit the crime. He wasn't after the money.

[@BrianEllinger-hh4rm]

You know where I'm at

[@staleydu1]

If it’s so irrelevant, why not just turn it over?

[@shanecovey8680]

The real life Adam Schiff is the most unscrupulous liar in lawyer history, and that is saying something.😂

[@jengable4888]

Interesting title....cheat to win ???..

[@hothotheat3000]

Did Kincaid leak it to the defense?

[@electroskates2434]

No

[@alexbrown7708]

Now imagine the prosecutor not turning over relevant evidence and only being in jail for 10 days(and fined $500( while the wrongfully convicted guy got 20 years. That's the kind of situation that happens in the real world and the show is trying to make it seem that sometimes its okay for the prosecution to not turnover relevant evidence to the defense. And people argue that this show doesn't' glorify rule-breaking cops.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Then why are you here watching it? It's a tv show so lighten up and get a life.

[@jeromemaida4933]

Shut up loser. You want to live in a crime-ridden hellhole. Have fun.

[@joshuacook903]

Sam waterston was 55 here. He’s 81 now.

[@biagioguadagno-on8hi]

Was 54 no 55

[@TheBatugan77]

Trih vee UH!

[@dsadik666]

The character McCoy would have been disbarred early on in his career for his illegal and unethical law practices.

[@electroskates2434]

😂😂

[@zkarebear]

Yeah sure

[@alexbrown7708]

He wouldn't but he should be.

[@electroskates2434]

He would probably be sanctioned just by changing Infront of Kincaid if he was caught too

[@matthewforsyth284]

Yeah and Just sanctioned since On account he actually did do the lawful and rightful thing since James bought the Necklace before the robbery by selling baseball cards Meaning the Necklace turned out to be evidence that actually incriminated zack instead of exonerating j and no offence but you do know that

[@gigi6374]

The Brady rule (Brady v Maryland, 1963) use to be the standard; now we have judges that argue against it in 92 page "decisions". It's a sad state when law has become nothing but a weapon to be used against people they don't like.

[@nickbrundidge9089]

2:29

[@aliali-ce3yf]

Ben Stone felt more humane...................McCoy seems more cold. Stone >>>>>>>>>>>>>> McCoy

[@jmichaelramirez2510]

No. Ben Stone was a big piece of shit. He always coerced people into doing what he needed to win. He would bend the rules into a pretzel if he thought that was needed.

[@MJ-tz2cs]

@@jmichaelramirez2510 and Jack wouldn't?

[@electroskates2434]

@@jmichaelramirez2510 A pretzel 😂

[@BrianEllinger-hh4rm]

Who do I talk to about how can I crime.... Do you know where I'm at

[@krystal7916]

This is basically what it Alec Baldwins case dismissed.

[@BruderSenf]

....Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone Pulling your strings, justice is done Seeking no truth, winning is all Find it so grim, so true, so real......

[@rodneykentnesbitt]

Whatever works for them! I’ve been in that box and I know how it works! Any which way they can get u , they will!,

[@gawainethefirst]

Pulling a stickup job is a wrote activity?

[@Meodread]

Yeah I thought that was a weird Objection place, unless the Defense had a compelling set of evidence that James did this regularly Olivett could have answered by pointing out such an activity wouldn't be rout and thus would be beyond James' ability to plan.

[@pjabrony8280]

"Rote," not wrote. It means routine.

[@WorkSleepRepeatProductions]

Jack McCoy was never a true favorite of mine solely because of his tactics. Ben Stone wanted a Law & Order form of victory (meaning win or lose, the law must remain in place no matter the crime.) He was also imperfect, but McCoy's tactics of victory victory victory always screamed to me as an ugly character trait of his.

[@ChrisCosat]

100% agree

[@MasterManto]

It was later stated by Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson) that Jack had done too much in his career as a district attorney that he would never be eligible for the top position. His actions were not political but merely of hunger for victory just as you said. The reason why he became DA was that the mayor wanted one person and the attorney general wanted another. In the end, the governor stepped in and recommended McCoy, so they both agreed to Jack. Ben was more of a son to Adam. He was heartbroken after Ben left the office.

[@pjabrony8280]

I didn't like his politics for the most part and I didn't like the way he treated his ADAs and detectives. But when it came to grilling a defense witness on cross or making a closing to sway the jury, nobody did it better.

[@josephbalan8384]

There was a higher conviction rate for McCoy because he rigs the system a lot, putting innocent til proven guilty people away just to get paid, selfish character

[@jamesscully529]

Waterston has always been one of my favourite actors, back when he was in 'The Killing Fields' and he plays this kind of ethical tap dance to perfection. He played McCoy never getting over Kincaid with an equal amount of empathy but I loved flaws in the character, that it wasn't just another Ben Stone. Loved Waterston as Charlie in 'The Newsroom' as well. Totally different than McCoy

[@wzelo5680]

Every crime has to be at night that’s weird

[@Arcaryon]

Well, at night, most people sleep. Killing a man in broad daylight is riskier, more witnesses, that's why the expression of the same man usually means that someone is bold & stupid, you basically beg to get caught like that. If you wanted to rob someone at a bank - when would you do it? During the rush-hour or around, 2am in the safe darkness of a moonlit night.

[@wzelo5680]

Arcaryon you’re right

[@amybraun5824]

I really want to watch Season 5 now but it isn't on Amazon Video. ;(

[@mrace2712]

I have been trying to find these episodes as well...I heard in July all episodes will be on hulu

[@michaeladams5332]

The real life prosecutors are dealing away innocent people to plead guilty even when they actually were the victim of a crime. I know because as a poor white boy in texas it happened to me.

[@September2004]

That lawyer is like the black version of the laywer from here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3fZm4B6fsiAd7M Would've loved to have seen them in a scene together.

[@jamiengo2343]

Up the McCoy!

[@Archie2c]

That smugness is exactly why I couldn't stand him McCoys a crook as well.

[@rikosaikawa9024]

I cheat to win n cause only losers don’t