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Richard Allen Davis (born June 2, 1954) is an American convicted murderer whose criminal record fueled support for the passage of California's "three-strikes law" for repeat offenders and the involuntary civil commitment act for sex offenders and predators.
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. Richard Allen Davis was convicted of her murder in 1996 and sentenced to death. [1]
May 31, 2024 · A California judge will consider whether to overturn the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom in a...
Aug 2, 2022 · Richard Allen Davis was charged with murder with special circumstances, and he pleaded not guilty despite his prior confession to the authorities. The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, and attempting to perform a lewd act (via Stanford).
A California judge denied a petition 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.
Apr 4, 2024 · Richard Allen Davis, one of California’s most notorious convicted killers, whose 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas inspired a crackdown on serial offenders, is making a fresh...
Sep 22, 2023 · Richard Allen Davis, the prime suspect in the kidnapping of Polly Klaas, enters a Mendocino, Calif., courtroom, in Ukiah, to be arraigned on drunken driving charges, Dec. 2, 1993.
Richard Allen Davis (2 giugno 1954) è un assassino statunitense i cui casi penali hanno promosso il sostegno all'approvazione della "legge dei tre reati" della California per i delinquenti abituali e la legge sull'impegno civile involontario per i criminali e i predatori sessuali.
Dec 4, 2023 · Her murder by Richard Allen Davis — an ex-con with a history of alcohol and drug abuse who was out on parole following a previous kidnapping — prompted outrage and demands for harsher ...
May 31, 2024 · A California judge on Friday denied a petition 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 ...