Whether the district court had jurisdiction to impose a term-of-years sentence when the statute only provided for death or life imprisonment without possibility of release

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : _“THE DISTRICT COURT WAS WITHOUT JURISDICTION TO _ IMPOSE A "TERM OF YEARS" SENTENCE WHEN THE STATUTE : CONTAINED ONLY TWO SENTENCING OPTIONS, DEATH, OR LIFE ; _ -IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF RELEASE . , .THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS REMAINS THE SOLE AVENUE . AVAILABLE FOR CHALLENGING PETITIONER'S ILLEGAL SENTENCE