Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits consecutive term-of-years sentences that guarantee a juvenile nonhomicide offender will die in prison

Under Graham v. Florida , the Eighth Amendment “prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide. ” 560 U.S. 48, 82 (2010) . And Miller v. Alabama held that, even in homicide cases, “the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that man-dates life in prison without possibility of parole for juvenile offenders .” 567 U.S. 460, 479 –80 (2012) (emphasis added) . The question presented is: Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits consecutive term -of-years sentences —either mandatory or discretionary —that guarantee a juvenile nonhomicide offen der will die in prison .