Chawdhury v. 3511 Sys. Inc.

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• holding that the Governor’s unfettered discretion under the Florida Rules of Executive Clemency and separation of powers concerns apply to claims relating to the Governor’s authority to sign death warrants
• explaining that there is no independent cause of action for ineffective assistance of collateral counsel in Florida
• explaining that there is no independent cause of action for ineffective assistance of collateral counsel in Florida
• rejecting claim that adding execution to the twenty-three years spent on death row constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and violates “binding norms of international law”
• rejecting length of time on death row claim and noting that an inmate who had been on death row for over thirty years was executed in February 2012
• rejecting constitutional challenge to clemency process and warrant selection because of Governor’s absolute discretion to sign death warrants

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