AP Photo/The Star,Kelly Wilkinson, File

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2012 file photo Paul Henry Gingerich plays cards with others on his unit as he spends his 14th birthday in jail at the Pendleton Juvenile Correctiona Facility in Pendleton, Ind. Gingerich, sent to prison at age 12 after he was convicted in adult court of helping a friend kill his stepfather, will ask the Indiana Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, to throw out his guilty plea, his conviction and his 25-year prison sentence and send his case back to juvenile court for a fresh start before a new judge. (AP Photo/The Star,Kelly Wilkinson, File)

October 30, 2012