Richard Bonnie Quotes

When is it just to punish, or not? There are some cases where a person was so mentally disturbed at the time of the offense that it would be inhumane and morally objectionable to convict and punish them.

- Richard Bonnie

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It seems to be increasingly clear that there really is no political risk to take these concerns about innocence seriously. - Richard Bonnie

When the law makes the offense simply a biological fact, of simply having a certain chemical in one's body, that steps over a line in the law that has been traditionally accepted. - Richard Bonnie

The governor is to be commended for doing that. In the past the tendency among governors and legislators has been basically to say this is a judicial responsibility. It really is everyone's responsibility. - Richard Bonnie