Erin Strauss:  You want to arrest James Stanworth ? Are you out of your mind ?
Derek Morgan: He 's got motive . Mary Rutka had a tape . She was blackmailing him .
Erin Strauss: It was a hooded figure . You ca n't prove it was him on that videotape .
David Rossi: He fits the profile , Erin .
Erin Strauss: Forgive me , but your profile sounds like a self - made man , not the psychopath you claim he is .
Derek Morgan: We said he 'd be destructive . In _ 1998 _ alone , he fired 6000 people from one of his companies . Some of those employees took their own lives . That is the type of power and devastation that he enjoys .
Erin Strauss: Hearsay . Slander if you 're not careful .
Derek Morgan: Ma'am , he got into politics to be hard on crime . He would have access to keep tabs on Don Sanderson .
Erin Strauss: And now you 're sounding as paranoid as Don Sanderson . You can not accuse a man without a shred of physical evidence .
Derek Morgan: Mary Rutka had skin under her nails . Maybe she left a mark .
Erin Strauss: And you can not arrest a man based on the possibility of a scratch .
David Rossi: We ca n't arrest this man . That 's what you mean . Do n't pull any punches now , Erin .
Erin Strauss: You do n't understand what the politics are , do you , Dave ? You never have .
David Rossi: No , I do . I just do n't care .
Derek Morgan: Ma'am , all due respect , but we have an innocent man in our custody , and the killer is still out there . It just might be James Stanworth .
Erin Strauss: You do n't have enough proof . The BAU functions without you . Do n't push it .