In this season of bleak weather and television re-runs, 'Law & Order' has become a staple in our household. While I enjoy the quirkiness Vincent D'Onofrio (CI) brings to the role of Detective Robert Goren and the nostalgia Richard Belzer (SVU) as Dectective Munch adds based on the reprisal of his role in 'Homicide: Life on the Streets', it's Sam Waterston, cast as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy, our family seems to enjoy the most.
In an episode that ran in syndication a couple of days ago this line was delivered by Waterston's character: "We are responsible for the consequences of our convictions". The episode focused on a former nun who kills a child while performing an exorcism rite. Waterston's character is a Catholic who, while vigorously prosecuting the defendant, wrestles with the legal issue of 'depraved indifference' and whether or not the nun actually heard the voice of Saint Michael during the rite and if somehow that partially exonerates her in the death of the child.
Once Waterston delivered that line I stopped watching the show and started thinking about what consequences, if any, I've faced as a result of my convictions. I'm still thinking.
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