Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, et al., Amici Curiae
Megan A. Kirkpatrick, Counsel of Record
Alabama, Arizona, and Arkansas are joined in this brief by 10 other States. Megan Kirkpatrick is an assistant attorney general for the State of Alabama. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 15, 2015. Extensive litigation over every element of lethal injection protocols has frustrated, delayed, or halted executions throughout the United States. The amici States urge this Court to adopt Justices Thomas and Scalia’s view of the Eighth Amendment and hold that it prohibits only punishments deliberately designed to inflict pain. At the very least,…
