HarvestMoon
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Do you remember Richard Allen Davis? How do you feel about him?
VERDICT WATCH - Sentencing of Jodi Arias - Retrial Day 44
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Do you remember Richard Allen Davis? How do you feel about him?
Madeleine74
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But what is JSS's record in sentencing? That's what needs to be looked at. JSS has made decisions that will ultimately block Arias' case from being overturned. She made decisions that went far beyond what she needed to, but if (or when) Arias' appeal is blocked then people will be glad for it.
Why is it imagined that Perryville prison cannot handle a dangerous inmate? What specific policies do they have in place that give credence to this fear?
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These two were eventually convinced to vote with the rest of us but the young woman later complained to the judge that she was coerced into the verdict. Judge dismissed her complaints.
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:gday: 15 hours ahead here. Hoping for jury to reach verdict soon. Check back soon
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What does he have to do with this? I am not getting the connection? He murdered a child This man deserves the death penalty.
On October 12, 1973, he went to a party at the home of 18-year-old Marlene Voris, whom he claimed was his girlfriend. That night, Voris was found dead of a gunshot wound; there were no less than seven suicide notes at the scene, and the police concluded that the young lady had indeed done away with herself. Others, such as Ruith Baron, believe Davis murdered her.
Davis would later claim that Voris shot herself "almost in his presence" and that he had been traumatized by it.
A few weeks after Voris' death, Davis was arrested for attempting to pawn various items he had stolen. He confessed to a string of burglaries in La Honda but claimed he had been motivated, at least sometimes, by hunger. Davis served six months in the county jail. Five weeks after his release, on May 13, 1974, he was arrested for another burglary. He was sentenced to six months to fifteen years in prison. He served a little more than two years.
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1960s
March 6, 1967: At age 12, Davis has his first contact with law enforcement when he was arrested for burglary in Chowchilla, where he lived with his grandmother.
May 24, 1967: Arrested again for forging a $10 money order. He was briefly in Juvenile Hall before his father moved him and his siblings to La Honda.
November 15, 1969: Arrested for the burglary of a La Honda home.
November 16, 1969: The first of several occasions when Davis' father turns Davis and his older brother over to juvenile authorities for incorrigibility.
1970s
September 15, 1970: Arrested for participating in a motorcycle theft. A probation officer and judge accept his father's suggestion that he enlist in the Army to avoid being sent to the California Youth Authority.
July 1971: Entered the Army. His military record reflects several infractions for AWOL, fighting, failure to report, and morphine use.
August 1972: General discharge from the military.
February 12, 1973: Arrested in Redwood City for public drunkenness and resisting arrest. Placed on one-year summary probation.
April 21, 1973: Arrested in Redwood City for being a minor in possession of liquor, burglary and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Charged with trespassing, later dismissed.
August 13, 1973: Arrested in Redwood City leaning against hedges extremely intoxicated. Released upon sobriety.
October 24, 1973: Arrested in Redwood City on traffic warrants. Between April and October, he was implicated in more than 20 La Honda burglaries, leading a probation officer to report that residents were so angry at him, he might be in danger if he returned to La Honda. He pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to six months in county jail and placed on three years' probation.
May 13, 1974: Arrested for burglarizing South San Francisco High School. He was sent to the California Medical Facility, Vacaville, for a 90-diagnostic study. A county probation officer recommended prison, but proceedings were suspended when Davis enrolled in a Veterans Administration alcohol treatment program. He quit on the second day.
September 16, 1974: Sentenced to one year in county jail for the school burglary. He was allowed to leave jail to attend a Native American drug and alcohol treatment program. He failed to return, leaving behind two angry fellow inmates who had given Davis money to buy drugs and bring the contraband back to jail.
March 2, 1975: After being released, the two inmates tracked Davis down and shot him in the back. He was rearrested on a probation violation for failing to return to jail. Later, he testified against the inmates, earning him the epithet of "snitch" from fellow inmates. He was placed in protective custody.
April 11, 1975: Arrested for parole violation.
July 11, 1975: Arrested for auto theft and possession of marijuana. Received 10-day jail sentence.
August 13, 1975: Probation revoked after arrest for San Francisco burglary and grand theft. He was sentenced to a term of from six months to 15 years in prison.
August 2, 1976: Paroled from Vacaville.
September 24, 1976: Abducted Frances Mays, a 26-year-old legal secretary, from the South Hayward BART station and attempted to sexually assault her. She escaped and hailed a passing car in which California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Wentz was riding. Wentz arrested Davis.
December 8, 1976: Transferred to Napa State Hospital for psychiatric evaluation after he tried to hang himself in a cell at Alameda County Jail. He later admitted he faked the suicide attempt in order to be sent to a state hospital, where he could more easily escape. He was mistakenly admitted as a voluntary patient rather than a prisoner.
December 16, 1976: Escaped from Napa State Hospital and went on a four-day crime spree in Napa. He broke into the home of Marjorie Mitchell, a nurse at the state hospital, and beat her on the head with a fire poker while she slept. He broke into a car to kidnap Hazel Frost, a bartender, as she climbed into her Cadillac outside a bar. When she saw he had bindings, she rolled out of the car, grabbed a gun from beneath the seat and fired six shots at the fleeing Davis.
December 21, 1976: Broke into the home of Josephine Kreiger, a bank employee, in La Honda. He was arrested by a San Mateo County sheriff's deputy hiding in brush behind the home with a shotgun.
June 1, 1977: Sentenced to a term of one to 25 years in prison for the Mays kidnapping. A sexual assault charged was dropped as part of a plea bargain. He was later sentenced to concurrent terms for the Napa crime spree and the La Honda break-in.
1980s
March 4, 1982: Paroled from the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy.
November 30, 1984: With new girlfriend-accomplice Sue Edwards, he pistol-whipped Selina Varich, a friend of Edwards' sister, in her Redwood City apartment and forced her to withdraw $6,000 from her bank account. Davis and Edwards make a successful escape.
March 22, 1985: Arrested in Modesto when a police officer noticed a defective taillight. He and Edwards were charged with robbing a Yogurt Cup shop and the Delta National Bank in Modesto. Authorities in Kennewick, Washington, were unaware for several years that the pair had robbed a bank, a Value Giant store and the Red Steer restaurant during the winter of 1984–1985. Davis later confessed to the crimes in an attempt to implicate Edwards, whom he believed to have welshed on a promise to help him while he was in prison.
1990s
June 27, 1993: Paroled from the California Men's Colony, San Luis Obispo, after serving half of a 16-year sentence for the Varich kidnapping.
October 1, 1993: Davis kidnapped Polly Klaas during a slumber party at her Petaluma home and murdered her.
October 19, 1993: Arrested in Ukiah for drunken driving during the search for Polly. He failed to appear in court.
November 30, 1993: Arrested for parole violation on the Coyote Valley Indian Reservation north of Ukiah; he is identified as the prime suspect in the kidnapping.
December 4, 1993: Davis provides investigators with information that leads them to Polly's body off U.S. Route 101 near Cloverdale.
December 7, 1993: Charged with the kidnapping/murder of Polly.
June 18, 1996: Convicted of kidnapping/murder of Polly.
August 5, 1996: Superior Court jury in San Jose recommends death sentence.
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There is a lot of misinformation floating around--including that jurors had questions on mitigators #5 and #6. Had that been the case, the Judge would not have read the modified Allen charge; Nurmi wouldn't have called for yet another mistrial and the prosecution would not have agreed to the reading of the modified Allen charge.
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Sorry but I don't think anyone on this board who believes she should get the DP is "dramatic". According to the LAW, she meets the criteria for the DP, therefore she should in most people's eyes receive it.
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Her family is not going to speak. Come on. If they have nothing to say when she could get death, They are certainly not going to get up when it come to life of life.
Hmm would she do something to cause a mistrial? Where's the bailiff?
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was he the one who obscenely gestured and made disgusting accusations to Marc Klaas?
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Revenge and JUST punishment, you know one that fits the crime are two separate issues IMO. I'd like to see a case study on those who could not dole out a death sentence for one who killed so cruely, was premeditated, drove a thousand miles to do this etc and showed no remorse and we have pics..how they can not find the DP fitting..Cause I dont get it. If it was your family, your child, your brother etc I'm guessing you (Just a general term here) could do a dp..I know I could.
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Is this for real? ANOTHER mitigation hearing? Isn't that essentially what this whole thing was? If I have to hear any more about JA's so-called "mitigators" I will puke. :tantrum:
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I don't think wanting the DP is dramatic, But the hatred and beating down of the judge, Going after her family, the sideshow stuff is. IMO
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My comment (back to ScarlettScarpetta) was not about whether Arias deserves a DP sentence.
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If the jury votes for life, I would like one of the jurors who did so to tell us the exact words that Jodi said that told them she was remorseful. I never heard any. She mentioned that she wished the event never happened, but that's because she doesn't want to be in prison. Travis was right: "You only cry for yourself."
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