Whether North Carolina, in conflict with this Court's precedents and those of other states, has violated the Eighth Amendment by creating a de facto mandatory life-without-parole sentencing regime for juvenile offenders by invariably considering the facts of the juvenile's crime to be dispositive.

Whether North Carolina has violated the Eighth Amendment by creating a de facto mandatory life-without-parole sentencing regime for juvenile offenders by invariably considering the facts of the juvenile's crime to be dispositive