You broke the law, then you had to accept the punishment, the judge would not make any exception because of your young age and not to punish you.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
我是耶和华；我要用伸出来的膀臂重重地刑罚埃及人，救赎你们脱离他们的重担，不做他们的苦工。
我是耶和華；我要用伸出來的膀臂重重地刑罰埃及人，救贖你們脱離他們的重擔，不做他們的苦工。
wǒ shì yē hé huá ； wǒ yào yòng shēn chū lái de bǎng bì zhòng zhòng de xíng fá āi jí rén ， jiù shú nǐ men tuō lí tā men de zhòng dān ， bù zuò tā men de kǔ gōng ．
I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments
Mandarin
石大律师强调，就第一答辩人的社会服务令报告可见他是个品格良好而有志争取公义的17岁少年，因此不判处他阻吓性刑罚有原则上及情理上的基础。
石大律師強調，就第一答辯人的社會服務令報告可見他是個品格良好而有志爭取公義的17歲少年，因此不判處他阻嚇性刑罰有原則上及情理上的基礎。
shí dà lǜ shī qiáng diào ， jiù dì yī dá biàn rén de shè huì fú wù lìng bào gào kě jiàn tā shì ge pǐn gé liáng hǎo ér yǒu zhì zhēng qǔ gōng yì de １７ suì shào nián ， yīn cǐ bù pàn chù tā zǔ xià xìng xíng fá yǒu yuán zé shàng jí qíng lǐ shàng de jī chǔ ．
Mr Shek stressed that it can be seen from the 1st respondent’s Community Service Order Suitability Report that the 1st respondent was a 17-year-old young man of good character who was eager to fight for justice. Therefore, the decision not to impose a deterrent sentence on him was a principled one supported by good reason.