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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.
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...
Oct 17, 2023 · 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).
Jun 1, 2024 · 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.
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]
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...
Sep 27, 1996 · Richard Allen Davis is sentenced to death in California for 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas; Marc Klaas lunges toward killer and is restrained after Davis...
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.
May 31, 2024 · SAN JOSE — Richard Allen Davis, the man condemned to death for the notorious 1993 murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas in the North Bay — a killing that reshaped California’s criminal...
Mar 11, 2024 · It was enacted a few months after the murder of Polly Klaas in Petaluma, a 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped and killed by Richard Allen Davis, an intruder with a long criminal record who has...
