Capt. Dudley Smith
Would you be willing to plant corroborative evidence on a suspect you knew to be guilty, in order to ensure an indictment?
Sgt. Ed Exley
Dudley, we've been over this.
Capt. Dudley Smith
Yes or no, Edmund?
Sgt. Ed Exley
No.
Capt. Dudley Smith
Would you be willing to beat a confession out of a suspect you knew to be guilty?
Sgt. Ed Exley
No.
Capt. Dudley Smith
Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some...lawyer...
Sgt. Ed Exley
No.
Capt. Dudley Smith
Then, for the love of God, don't be a detective. Stick to assignments where you don't have to make those kinds of choices.
