that they should have gone easy on her for being a minor. Try her as a minor, not an adult.
If my child murdered someone I'd be devistated, all the teaching we have had with him to not do violence and instead to try and talk out differences apparently made no difference in him. I'd do the jail time, but I would protest that it was not my fault because I taught him otherwise. I would hope that if I got punished, that he would get punished as well. If it happened for real, I would not go to jail, but instead would be in a mental institution because I would not be able to handle it.