Nat Hentoff Quotes
[I have ] two boys. One, Nicholas, is a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix in which he - gets into - a lot of very controversial cases. He has sued Sheriff Arpaio, the famous sheriff who keeps people in tents, gives them green bologna and the like. My other son Tom is with Williams & Connolly in Washington, where he does intellectual property defamation cases.
Hentoff, Nat. Interview by Brian Lamb. Booknotes, C-SPAN, 2 Nov. 1997.
This is a fundamental basis of modern Western law. The accuser bears the burden of proof. At the same time as Umar made this principle part of the Islamic legal system, the law of the Catholic Church was just the opposite—suspects were guilty unless they proved their innocence.
Nathan Irving Hentoff was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009. Following his departure from The Village Voice, Hentoff became a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and continued writing his music column for The Wall Street Journal, which published his works until his death. He often wrote on First Amendment issues, vigorously defending the freedom of the press.
