Nat Hentoff Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: b. June 10, 1925
Birthday: June 10
In our country, [habeas corpus ] means that if you've been sentenced and convicted in a state court, either to death or to some other kind of sentence, you have the right to petition a federal court to review what happened to you. And until [Bill] Clinton, you had three, four, five, even more years I collect records of people who have been on death row for eight, 10, 12, 14 years - this is before Clinton - who finally got a decent lawyer, usually a pro bono lawyer, and an investigator, and were able to find out - they - they're but approved that they're - that they were innocent.
source: Source: thedailyhatch.org
topic: Country, Mean, Eight, Habeas Corpus, Corpus, Death Row, Approved
