Whether a State court may prohibit jurors from considering sympathy for a defendant's family in the penalty phase of a capital case as mitigation

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a State court may, consistent with the Right Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment, prohibit jurors from considering sympathy for a defendant’s family in the penalty phase of a capital case as mitigation, especially in light of this Court’s holding in Cullen v. Pinholster 563 U.S. 170, 193-194 (2011), approving the “family sympathy defense” as a competent defense penalty strategy? i