Midterm paper with an awakening!

After a long hard week of writing for my midterm paper for my Criminal Justice class, at the end of the paper came out with a great finishing line. The paper had to be written on juveniles and the death penalty. Needless to say in the past as young as seven could be tried as an adult and given the death penalty. It was in 1995 that the death penalty was considered cruel and unusual punishment for individuals under the age of 18. This also made it banned by the Constitution. Also the subject of if the courts were influence through outside sources (i.e. psychology, medicine, society, etc.) when it comes to juveniles and their cases. So with a little back ground on what the paper was about and the area that it was leaning towards, this was the ending sentence to bring the paper to a smooth ending: What a kid does no matter the extent of the crime should be punished accordingly, but the full rod should be spared because those same kids still have a chance to morph into greater people if just given the chance and guided along the way. (this was stated after the closing statement: about kids should be punished for their actions and crime but shouldn't have their whole life taken away). What do you think about the statement and how do you feel about the subject? (this is just to start a conversation and it is every ones opinion so respect it please).