whether-mandatory-term-of-years-sentence-equivalent-to-life-without-parole-for-juvenile-offenders

QUESTION PRESENTED In Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), the Court held that the Eighth Amendment bars the mandatory imposition of life in prison without parole for offenses committed by juveniles. The question presented is whether, and under what circumstances, the same principle applies to the mandatory imposition of a term-of-years sentence so long as to be equivalent to life without parole.