The Fordham University School of Law, Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics
Amicus Curiae
Alison J. Nathan, Counsel of Record The Louis Stein Center forLaw and Ethics at Fordham University studies the role of ethical perspectives in legal practice, legal institutions, andthe historical and contemporary development of the law. AlisonJ. Nathan is a visiting assistant professor of law at Fordham University, whereshe teaches civil procedure and death penalty jurisprudence. She received herlaw degree from Cornell University in 2000. The following is excerpted from theAmicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted tothe U.S. Supreme Court on November 13, 2007. Thisamicus brief’s purpose is not torepeat the Petitioners’ doctrinal argument that Kentucky’s implementation oflethal…
