States of Alabama, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina, and Utah
Amici Curiae
Bill Pryor, Counsel of RecordThe five States in this amicus brief are among those that do not prohibit the execution of the mentally retarded, instead allowing juries to consider evidence of retardation as a mitigating factor in sentencing. Bill Pryor has served as the attorney general for the State of Alabama since January 2, 1997. He is a 1987 graduate of Tulane University School of Law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 14, 2002.Petitioner Atkins urges this Court to replace Penry v. Lynaugh (1989), with…
