Across the nation, children as young as 12 who commit first crimes are being tried as adults
and sentenced to very long prison terms alongside hardened adult felons.
First among these children is Christopher Pittman, a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who was sentenced as an adult to 30 years without parole in adult prison for killing his granparents.
Whatever else this 12-year-old boy was, he was not an adult and his treatment as one constitutes a clear human rights violation.
Letter to South Carolina legislature
South Carolina legislature - List of Names and Addresses