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Whether Florida's use of the 'conformity clause' in the Florida constitution improperly violates Ford's Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights and his Eighth Amendment right to a true merits-based evaluation of his claims, premised on the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society?
One Whether Florida’s use of the “conformity clause” in the Florida constitution improperly violates Ford’s Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights and his Eighth Amendment right to a true merits -based evaluation of his claims, premised on the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society ? Question Two Whether Roper v. Simmons, 443 U.S. 551 (2005) should be extended to include defendants who have a mental and developmental age of less than eighteen years old at the time of the offense in the class of offenders who are ineligible for the death penalty ?