I don't think it's cruel and unusual. There just isn't a one-size-fits-all sentencing system, and it will never be perfect. But if a teenager commits a horrendous crime, what are you supposed to do -- chalk it up to youthful negligence? If they can be rehabilitated, great, but that really needs to be the criteria -- and part of an ongoing evaluation process that's not only reviewed but re-reviewed prior to a violent criminal's release. Even with that kind of a review process, I'm sure too many mistakes would be made, as there already are today, and criminals released would re-offend. There just aren't any easy answers.