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.
SAN JOSE â Lawyers representing Richard Allen Davis were in a Santa Clara County courtroom Friday. Davis was convicted of killing Polly and sentenced to death in 1996.But because of a California law that took effect in 2022, Davis is now trying to have his death sentence overturned.Federal public defenders argued that Senate Bill 483âwhich invalidates sentencing enhancements for some prior convictions for nonviolent and drug convictionsâshould be applied to Davis's case.
Davis did not attend Friday's hearing.Marc Klaas, Polly's father, never thought he would have to be back in a Santa Clara County Courthouse to relive the horrific case of how his daughterâ12 year old Pollyâwas kidnapped at knifepoint, sexually assaulted and murdered.'It's been terrible.
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