No. 17-8151 IN THE RUSSELL BUCKLEW, Petitioner, v. ANNE L. PRECYTHE, DIRECTOR, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS SUPPORTING PETITIONER Tejinder Singh Counsel of Record Erica Oleszczuk Evans GOLDSTEIN & RUSSELL, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 202.362.0636
[email protected] Counsel for Amici Curiae TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ........................................ ii INTEREST OF THE AMICI CURIAE ....................... 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ..................................... 3 ARGUMENT ................................................................ 4 CONCLUSION .......................................................... 10 ii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Constitutional Provisions U.S. Const. amend. VIII ........................................ 4, 10 Rules Sup. Ct. R. 37.6 ............................................................ 1 Other Authorities Allen Ault, Ordering Death in Georgia Prisons, Newsweek (Sept. 25, 2011), https://www.newsweek.com/ordering-death- georgia-prisons-67483 .............................................. 5 Patrick Beach, What Ever Happened to . Walls Unit Warden Jim Willett, Austin American-Statesman (Feb. 23, 2013), https://www.statesman.com/news/local/what- ever-happened-walls-unit-warden-jim-willett/ p7rgr6qSfOTBszGgS28TnN/ ................................... 7 Lauren M. De Lilly, Note, “Antithetical to Human Dignity”: