Are you kiddin' me, the guy was defending fellas who commited armed robbery with murder and he justified it with hatred against the corporations (I don't know the circumstances)? I mean, does this really happen in US?
The best episode in my eyes was the one where the serial killer confesses that he has bodies of his victims locked up somewhere but he won't reveal that location.....but his attorney knows because he saw those bodies in that secret location.
@Hikash I don't think he would've found much work afterwards. This is where attorney-client privilege should draw a line. If a client says something to his attorney that might be harmful or dangerous, then wouldn't the attorney be held negligent for not bringing such information to the police? Then shouldn't he let them know where the victims are buried for their families? I wouldn't want a hypocrite like that as my lawyer.
I am hoping someone can help me......I am looking for the closing arguments from when McCoy went up to the Supreme Court for the case against a Chilean colonel for murdering a US citizen.
I believe that was one his best arguments unless someone is willing to disagree
Great argument, but if anyone can help me with something...
I'm looking for a closing argument from the show I believe was done by Carmichael. I don't remember the episode's name, but it was about a couple who buried their infant in the backyard of their in-laws house after it starved to death, and she says something to the effect of "are we really at a point where even feeding our own children is someone else responsibility?"
I love this episode. Fact is...north americans have it better off than just about anyone. I'm Canadian and I have a VERY good standard of living compared to a lot of people around the world. That's while working part time, for minimum wage and scraping by for bills. Life is good and guys like this don't understand how good things are. No, government isn't perfect. No, society isn't perfect but we're doing the best we can. Violence and rhetoric won't be the tools that get us further.
'He is absolutely right...we do again face dark days. So I guess that you need to provoke this? Standing up for your argument...no problem; killing, though...not so sure. But you can not truly know what the victims were thinking, except to live their own lives. Ask yourselves this:
Should I be killed because I am free to live my own life and try to so provide?'
"Without the law, there can be no freedom and without justice there can be no law."
Interesting how the USA STILL, to this day, is unable to explain this paradox! There is a big difference between what is "legal" and what is "just." Unfortunately, too many USA citizens fail to realize something this obvious. Also, in McCoy's claim that "without the law there can be no freedom," he does not realize that true freedom is represented in anarchy, as a nation's laws inhibit personal freedom.
Moreover, the notion that one is "presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law" seems to be a principle that Jack McCoy finds irrelevant. What really ticked me off was how McCoy did the closing arguments. He had the audacity to tell the jury that the USA court that the concept "freedom" is based on "equality before the law" without the slightest bit of irony in his voice. Since when has the USA enforced "equality before the law?" Answer: Never.
@j4unumber1 There is something you fail to understand. Jack McCoy fights for true justice, even sometimes risks losing his job to do so. Jack McCoy's definition and pursuit of justice is far more noble and pure than the "justice" that is typically doled out in courts. One person's freedom should not infringe on another's freedom, that is the whole point of Jack's argument. The law is what keeps two people's freedoms from running into one another and killing each other.
This was a very good Law and Order episode. Let's face it: Courts lean to the prosecution in most cases and this episode illustrates this. For example, when the defense asked witnesses questions, the DA objected to 90 some percent of them and the judge agreed with the prosecution. Therefore, the defense did not have the chance to defend themselves as the court did not grant them this luxury. That bothered me a great deal. Plus, Jack McCoy plays dirty in most episodes...REAL dirty.
Isn't it great to see a clip from Televisions greatest drama? It ran its course over 20 years, but what glorious days they were. Glad to have been an adult through it all.
thank you for posting this video.I actually did not understand everything but i like how sam waterston is acting,the way he plays jack mccoy's character.He's my favorite character and for me waterston's an excellent actor.Great job Mr. McCoy!
@syriahaleb McCoy was my favorite character too, it's too bad L&O is over.. It's not the same in LA, I don't have 15-year long attachments to any of the characters. =(
The actor representing the defense attorney Denis O'Hare was the main protagonist in my favorite episode of Law and Order "Pro Se".
TheSwissMaestro89 1 month ago
Jack will always be no.1
kevterms 2 months ago
Are you kiddin' me, the guy was defending fellas who commited armed robbery with murder and he justified it with hatred against the corporations (I don't know the circumstances)? I mean, does this really happen in US?
Sharukkin 2 months ago
It's sad how those who claim to love this country and its constitution possess the least amount of knowledge and understanding about it.
aks477578 3 months ago
None one messes with Jack
iSnaaacky 3 months ago
Jack is a beast. I love ya Lenny, but Jack is just too good.
CenkIsAdorable 4 months ago
Jack McCoy makes the show what it is. He owns it, every single time.
Hikash 4 months ago
Jack McCoy lays down the fucking law
westben2000 4 months ago 5
The one thing I don't like about Law & Order UK is the fact that they nearly never have the closing speeches...
JPH1138 4 months ago
The best episode in my eyes was the one where the serial killer confesses that he has bodies of his victims locked up somewhere but he won't reveal that location.....but his attorney knows because he saw those bodies in that secret location.
voyeurbill 4 months ago
@voyeurbill "No Bar Association in the country would disbar you."
"Then shame on them."
Hikash 4 months ago
@Hikash I don't think he would've found much work afterwards. This is where attorney-client privilege should draw a line. If a client says something to his attorney that might be harmful or dangerous, then wouldn't the attorney be held negligent for not bringing such information to the police? Then shouldn't he let them know where the victims are buried for their families? I wouldn't want a hypocrite like that as my lawyer.
codename617 2 months ago
I am hoping someone can help me......I am looking for the closing arguments from when McCoy went up to the Supreme Court for the case against a Chilean colonel for murdering a US citizen.
I believe that was one his best arguments unless someone is willing to disagree
Shadowhitman03 5 months ago
Great argument, but if anyone can help me with something...
I'm looking for a closing argument from the show I believe was done by Carmichael. I don't remember the episode's name, but it was about a couple who buried their infant in the backyard of their in-laws house after it starved to death, and she says something to the effect of "are we really at a point where even feeding our own children is someone else responsibility?"
notgonnasay09 6 months ago
@notgonnasay09 I remember that episode. I think it was season 10, episode 12: Mother's Milk.
XellKhaar 6 months ago
@notgonnasay09 That was a good episode (then again most were; very good writing & acting)
1caninelover 6 months ago
I love this episode. Fact is...north americans have it better off than just about anyone. I'm Canadian and I have a VERY good standard of living compared to a lot of people around the world. That's while working part time, for minimum wage and scraping by for bills. Life is good and guys like this don't understand how good things are. No, government isn't perfect. No, society isn't perfect but we're doing the best we can. Violence and rhetoric won't be the tools that get us further.
IpponDropkick 7 months ago
'He is absolutely right...we do again face dark days. So I guess that you need to provoke this? Standing up for your argument...no problem; killing, though...not so sure. But you can not truly know what the victims were thinking, except to live their own lives. Ask yourselves this:
Should I be killed because I am free to live my own life and try to so provide?'
...Idea for McCoy's argument
chip64c 7 months ago
JACK MCCOY .................
bielyoutub 8 months ago
Objection! Improper argument.
JCCWM 8 months ago
"Without the law, there can be no freedom and without justice there can be no law."
Interesting how the USA STILL, to this day, is unable to explain this paradox! There is a big difference between what is "legal" and what is "just." Unfortunately, too many USA citizens fail to realize something this obvious. Also, in McCoy's claim that "without the law there can be no freedom," he does not realize that true freedom is represented in anarchy, as a nation's laws inhibit personal freedom.
j4unumber1 9 months ago
Moreover, the notion that one is "presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law" seems to be a principle that Jack McCoy finds irrelevant. What really ticked me off was how McCoy did the closing arguments. He had the audacity to tell the jury that the USA court that the concept "freedom" is based on "equality before the law" without the slightest bit of irony in his voice. Since when has the USA enforced "equality before the law?" Answer: Never.
j4unumber1 9 months ago
@j4unumber1 There is something you fail to understand. Jack McCoy fights for true justice, even sometimes risks losing his job to do so. Jack McCoy's definition and pursuit of justice is far more noble and pure than the "justice" that is typically doled out in courts. One person's freedom should not infringe on another's freedom, that is the whole point of Jack's argument. The law is what keeps two people's freedoms from running into one another and killing each other.
MasterStudios1 6 months ago
This was a very good Law and Order episode. Let's face it: Courts lean to the prosecution in most cases and this episode illustrates this. For example, when the defense asked witnesses questions, the DA objected to 90 some percent of them and the judge agreed with the prosecution. Therefore, the defense did not have the chance to defend themselves as the court did not grant them this luxury. That bothered me a great deal. Plus, Jack McCoy plays dirty in most episodes...REAL dirty.
j4unumber1 9 months ago
Isn't it great to see a clip from Televisions greatest drama? It ran its course over 20 years, but what glorious days they were. Glad to have been an adult through it all.
maxreger100 9 months ago
I cannot stop to being shocked. He killed people and he is free ?
TomZanovich 10 months ago
Denis O'Hare convinced me. Corporations have bought our political system.
dlcjr1775 11 months ago
This was in 1997, yet it sounds like something a Tea Party person would say today.
lmswentzeljr 11 months ago
There should have been a special where Jack Mccoy faces Alan Shore in court.
ICEMAN6282 1 year ago
Oh my gosh. I didn't even see this episode and I got all jittery inside. McCoy dazzles me with his razor sharp mind. McCoy is my favorite!!
fable5907 1 year ago
One of the best episodes of the best season in Law and order
LoopInc 1 year ago
Jack and Lenny. I love all the older L&O's I hope Sam Waterston shows up somewhere again.
mike928pa 1 year ago 7
Didn't the defense lawyer here play a schizophrenic who represented himself in a season 7 episode "Pro Se".
TheAsylumGamer 1 year ago
@TheAsylumGamer
OMG when i first saw this i thought it was that episode because i recognized him!
neosmndrew 1 year ago
@TheAsylumGamer
Yes. Denis O'Hare is the actor. He guested on the Mothership 4 times and SVU once.
artytoons 1 year ago
@TheAsylumGamer , yes he did. Denis O'Hare is the actors name. Very good actor. This was an excellent episode. Very good acting here.
acheybrenda 8 months ago
@Xellkhaar thank you for your reply
Can you post other videos of jack mccoy's closing arguments please if you have some videos?I really enjoy watching them.Thanks again.
syriahaleb 1 year ago
thank you for posting this video.I actually did not understand everything but i like how sam waterston is acting,the way he plays jack mccoy's character.He's my favorite character and for me waterston's an excellent actor.Great job Mr. McCoy!
syriahaleb 1 year ago 4
@syriahaleb McCoy was my favorite character too, it's too bad L&O is over.. It's not the same in LA, I don't have 15-year long attachments to any of the characters. =(
XellKhaar 1 year ago 11
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@XellKhaar thank you for your reply
Can you post other videos of jack mccoy's closing arguments please if you have some videos?I really enjoy watching them.Thanks again.
syriahaleb 1 year ago
@XellKhaar yo seriously such bs. theres nothing but the normal kind in my mind.
kirby4d 1 year ago