Whether imposition of a mandatory sentence of life without parole under a habitual offender statute violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, where petitioner committed prior 'strike' offenses when he was a youthful adult (21-22 years old) but the sentencing court did not take youth into account in imposing the sentence?

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether imposition of a mandatory sentence of life without parole under a habitual offender statute violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, where petitioner committed prior "strike" offenses when he was a youthful adult (21-22 years old) but the sentencing court did not take youth into account in imposing the sentence? -i