Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, et al.
Amici Curiae
R. Ted Cruz, Counsel of Record Texas, Alabama, and Arkansas are joined inthis brief by 17 other States, all of which use a three-drug lethal injectionprotocol similar to Kentucky’s. R. Ted Cruz was appointed solicitor general ofTexas in January 2003. He is also an adjunct professor at the University ofTexas School of Law. He received his law degree from Harvard University in1995. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brieffor the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 7, 2007. Thiscase concerns whether Kentucky’s three-drug lethal-injection protocol violatesthe Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual…
