But you have to look at how the legal system really works.
No one will plead guilty with a sentence like that. So the DA will have to offer a lesser charge to get a plea. The alternative would be the OJ trial times 50,000.
Only kids under 12 ? Then the killer of the other girl, aged 13, would not fall under this law. Dumb. If you cannot get the death penalty until you're 18, then anyone under 18 should be considered a child. End of story.