. >> 12-year-old paul gingerich is one of the youngest kids in indiana history to be sentenced as an t. paul was a friend of colt lundy when the two boys fired four shots, killing colt's stepdad in his northern indiana home. paul was sentenced to 25 years in the wabash youth unit, but due to his age and size, officials made a bold decision and placed the seventh grader at pendleton juvenile facility, a maximum security prison which only houses juveniles. >> he's not our first murderer here, but he is not the typical thing that you would see. you just saw the paper and you would expect a much larger, scary kid. and that's just not the case with him. he is kind of a little guy, even for his age i think he is a little guy. it's hard to imagine someone that age being in that position. >> had you ever been in juvenile? >> no. this was my first time. >> gingerich's age and lack of criminal record caught the attention of monica foster, an indianapolis attorney who has taken on his case pro bono. she is appealing paul's adult sentencing and fighting to keep him in a juvenile facility. >> he h