CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Requests to pardon teen killer Christopher Pittman are pouring into Governor Sanford's office.

Child rights activists are jumping to Pittman's defense, saying the 30-year adult sentence is too harsh for the teenager.

People from across the world, including the U.K., Ireland and even Ghana are speaking out against South Carolina's law that allowed Pittman to be tried as an adult.

Watching the case on CourtTV pushed a Michigan woman into action.

"I was absolutely outraged so I decided I had to do something," Barbara Andrews says.

Andrews started a petition and has more than 400 signatures, asking Governor Sanford for a pardon.

"We're not going to stop fighting for him- we're going to get him out. He's not going to be in there 30 years," says Pittman's sister, Danielle Fitchum.

Justice for Juveniles has a form letter people can send to the governor.

Some people are wearing white ribbons to support Pittman and Freedom Fighters for Christopher has been formed.

Andrews says, "We're hoping to get 1000 signatures on the first and send that one in then immediately we'll put the second one into motion."

The second petition will ask for a reduced sentence so Pittman is out by age 21.

"In a double murder, I think this sentence was very justified, 30 years," Prosecutor John Meadors says.

The activists want lawmakers to ban the prosecution of children under the age of 14 as adults.