The 17th Suspect Quotes
"No one had claimed his body or called the police looking for him. And no witnesses to his killing had stepped forward."
"I like the Second Amendment as much as anyone, but seriously. Kids shooting each other outside the saloon like in an old spaghetti western? What is the point of that?"
"The grand jury hearing was a trial run for the prosecutor."
"Marc, I realize this is hard for you, but will you please tell the jurors what happened to you on the night in question."
"He had the calm presence Yuki had hoped for in an expert witness."
"Briana Hill was indicted on the charge of rape. That was the victim calling to say he was overwhelmed and very grateful."
"Yuki was prepared. She could only hope that Marc would be ready, too."
"She smiled broadly. Glasses clinked across the table. Yay for Yuki. And a freaking great moment for the Women’s Murder Club."
"I don’t have a fever. I’m just a little tired."
"Do not bring a gun into the bedroom, hear me?"
"She was out of our lives. And Joe had promised nothing would ever come between us again."
"He tells the defendant that he is wasted. Can’t. Doesn’t want to. Needs to sleep."
"Mr. Christopher will tell you that he tries to convince himself not to panic; rather, he tries to mollify her."
"I urge you to imagine how that must have felt."
"The defendant takes her victim’s genitals into her hands and mouth and manipulates him until he is erect."
"Yuki had delivered the best opening statement of her life. No regrets. No wish for a redo. She’d done good."
"What is the defendant thinking? We will probably never know, but the victim will wonder for the rest of his life."
"The defendant is not slurring her words, but she is acting totally unhinged."
"After our witnesses have testified and you have seen the evidence, the People will ask you to find the defendant, Briana Hill, guilty of rape and punish her for that crime."
"I don’t know. I didn’t see anyone. My arms were full of laundry. Oh, shit. My laundry …"
"My intentions are damned good, and if that’s not enough, well, what else can I do?"
"She shouldn’t get away with what she did to me."
"I felt bad. I hadn’t warned her that I wanted to stop seeing her."
"That was a saying. Like from Fort Lee, New Jersey."
"This isn’t right. I don’t believe this. How did this happen?"
"She left school, moved back home, but she detached from me, Sophie, the house. For her it was all about being with the homeless."
"He sold me on it, saying it would be fun. It wasn’t fun."
"Len, my theory that Marc and Paul colluded is speculative. This thought occurred to me when Marc told his new and improved story on the stand."
"In sum, we’ve got a witness with a history of extortion. I can’t prove that Marc was untruthful, but I’m questioning his veracity."
"Heartbreaking as in good acting? Or heartbreaking, she’s been framed?"
"It’s a gift," Parisi said to Yuki. "Make the most of it."
"I remember now. I came in here to wash my hands before having lunch. I must have passed out."
"You’re asking if it’s about what happened during the trial?"
"‘You win a few, you lose a few. Some are rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.’ That’s what you do and have always done."
"He looked lighter. Like a man who had been retired before he was ready to go, but was glad that the load was off his back."
"Fight back against enforced home confinement."