1. Whether sentencing RonAllen Hardy to life without parole, despite his
being 18 years and 5 months old at the time of the offense and developmentally akin
to a juvenile, violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and
unusual punishment.

2. Whether the principles from Miller v. Alabama, Montgomery v. Louisiana,
Graham v. Florida, Roper v. Simmons and State v. Booker should apply to young
adults like Hardy, whose brain development remains incomplete at the time of the
crime.

3. Whether the Tennessee Court of Appeals erred in distinguishing Hardy's
case from State v. Booker, and in failing to extend juvenile sentencing protections to
young adults whose cognitive and emotional development is similar to that of
juveniles.

Whether sentencing a young adult to life without parole violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment when the offender's brain development is akin to that of a juvenile