Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae
Kent S. Scheidegger, Counsel of Record
The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation is a nonprofit organization that advocates for victims’ rights and criminal justice reform. Kent S. Scheidegger has served as the legal director for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation since 1986. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 14, 2015. The Eighth Amendment does not allow torturous methods of execution but also does not require completely painless ones. The Wilkerson v. Utah (1879)/In re Kemmler (1890) rule does not require an available alternative but only applies to methods that are intended to…
