An unforgivable crime?

I talk with minors that have committed heinous crimes, some of whom are confused, some remorseful, and others just distantly crazy.I believe that anyone under 12 is as much a victim as a villain and should be given the chance at Psychiatric care. i once knew a boy of 14 who had participated in brutally murdering a teacher and bashing her with a rock. He was given an opportunity to come clean and confess to the system but tried to fight his crime.....and as a result is now serving LIFE plus 14 years. the court of appeals and the supreme court turned down his pleas for resentencing.Lorenzo was so young when I met him, and i think that proper counseling and mentoring may have saved his life....but as the state says, what about the teacher? A beautiful 29 year old who was mangled by three kids greed for her car.

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“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way” --C.S.Lewis

I think that what I would want to know is if any psychiatric treatment and/or evaluations have led to the boys showing eventual remorse and understanding of why they did what they did.If society simply locks them up forever, they will themselves continue to negatively influence others who, locked up with them, interact with their mutated consciences on a daily basis.OR...Perhaps the lesson of such a tragedy could be that only one young life was lost instead of three.