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He was convicted in 1996 of first-degree murder with special circumstances (burglary, robbery, kidnapping, and an attempted lewd act upon a child under the age of 14) of 12-year-old Polly Klaas. As of January 2024, Davis remains on California's death row in the Adjustment Center at San Quentin State Prison .
17 paź 2023 · According to the Death Penalty Information Center, the last person executed in California was Clarence Ray Allen in 2006. As of writing, Davis remains a death row inmate in San Quentin. Richard Allen Davis was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas.
6 kwi 2024 · SAN JOSE – More than three decades after 12-year-old Polly Klaas of Petaluma was kidnapped and murdered, the man convicted of killing her is seeking to overturn his death sentence.
Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 – October 1, 1993) was an American murder victim whose case garnered national media attention. On October 1, 1993, at age twelve, she was kidnapped at knifepoint during a slumber party at her mother's home in Petaluma, California , and strangled to death.
22 wrz 2023 · Polly Klaas' kidnapping and death sparked a two-month search and manhunt where investigators, family neighbors, and even a Hollywood celebrity, pitched in to help.
1 cze 2024 · A California judge on Friday, May 31, 2024, denied a petition to recall the death sentence against Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom at knifepoint in a crime that shocked the nation. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)
31 maj 2024 · San Jose, Calif. — A California judge will consider Friday whether to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas in 1993 after kidnapping her...
