A Santa Clara County judge will consider Friday whether to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen 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.
Jurors in 1996 found Davis – now 69 – guilty of first-degree murder and of the "special circumstances" of kidnapping, burglary, robbery and attempting a lewd act on a child. Davis, who had an extensive kidnap and assault record going back to the 1970s, was sentenced to death.Davis’ attorneys argued in a February court filing that his death sentence should be recalled because of recent changes to California sentencing laws.
It's going to happen again, again, and again, and again. And I'll tell you what's going to happen. In some of these instances, somebody's going to get out and mayhem will ensue."Davis kidnapped Klaas from her bedroom in Petaluma, 40 miles north of San Francisco, in October 1993 and strangled her to death. That night, she and two friends held a slumber party and her mother slept in a nearby room. Klaas’ disappearance touched off a nationwide search by thousands of volunteers.
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