Polly Klaas's killer Richard Allen Davis wants death sentence overturned - April 4, 2024

[Clearsky]

Polly Klaas’ killer wants his death sentence overturned

Nearly 30 years after being sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing Petaluma resident Polly Klaas, Richard Allen Davis is arguing that because of a recent criminal justice reform law his sent…

www.pressdemocrat.com

Nearly 30 years after being sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing Petaluma resident Polly Klaas, Richard Allen Davis is arguing that because of a recent criminal justice reform law his sentence should be overturned.

 

[Richard]

What is wrong with this picture?

 

[Niner]

I see he had a hearing yesterday - probably no ruling - just wondering!

 

[dotr]

HUNTER: Evil child killer Richard Allen Davis wants death sentence overturned

Richard Allen Davis is a walking, talking poster boy for the death penalty.

torontosun.com

''Richard Allen Davis is a walking, talking poster boy for the death penalty.''

''Fittingly, his home is on death row at the notorious San Quentin Prison — for now. Remember, he’s in California where hope springs eternal for killers and criminals of all stripes.
Davis now believes his death sentence should be overturned''

''Now, the child killer is arguing that he should get a pass on lethal injection, too. Davis wants a new sentencing hearing.''

 

[Eli9]

Attorneys for condemned killer of 12-year-old Polly Klaas ask judge to reconsider death sentence

Suggesting that “an illegal sentence must be vacated — full stop,” the attorneys for Richard Allen Davis presented their case in court Friday to Judge Benjamin Williams.

www.mercurynews.com

Davis’ request this year has faced stiff opposition from the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office, which continued prosecuting the case after it was moved to Santa Clara County due to intense publicity. At the hearing, Sarah Brooks, a deputy district attorney, called parts of Davis’ legal reasoning “frankly absurd,” while suggesting at one point that his legal team was merely using synonyms for established legal theories as a smokescreen to help win their case.

Judge Williams’ most pointed questions appeared to center around whether Davis’ legal argument would not only force the court to invalidate his death sentence, but also the underlying guilty verdict in his case. Davis’ attorneys, however, argued that such an interpretation was going too far.

 

[Eli9]

BBM He's right.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/convicted-killer-richard-allen-davis-seeks-to-overturn-death-sentence-of-polly-klaas

Polly's father, Marc Klaas, is furious.

"He's got to be the most reviled guy in the California prison system," Klaas said outside court on Friday. "This case is the tip of the iceberg. 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."

 

[Niner]

from the Mercury News link above:

The judge said he plans to issue a ruling on May 31.

 

[Richard]

You would think that with all the hemp grown in California, there would be enough to make a good rope.

 

[Sundog]

Man convicted in 1993 Polly Klaas kidnapping, murder asks for death sentence to be overturned

Attorneys for Richard Allen Davis, the man convicted of kidnapping and murdering 12-year-old Polly Klaas in 1993, is asking for his death sentence to be overturned.

abc7news.com

Marc Klaas says he has been blindsided by this new possibility.

"They've used a new law, a new trick, to re-litigate this thing, to bring it back into the public view. To bring it back into my mind," he said.

"I don't think about Richard Allen Davis, until something like this happens. So here we are 30 years after the fact and I'm having to relive my daughter's murder again and that's just so terribly unfair," Klaas said.

 

[PrairieWind]

It would be hard to find a man more deserving of a death sentence than this man. It bothers me that the Judge is going to take 2 months to make a decision.

 

[tezi]

Poster boy for lethal injection. He should have been executed years ago!

 

[Niner]

Poster boy for lethal injection. He should have been executed years ago!

Yes - I am surprised he is still around....

 

[amandab]

Yeah, well, I want a pony. *eyeroll*

 

[Gemmie]

Polly Klaas’ killer wants his death sentence overturned

Nearly 30 years after being sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing Petaluma resident Polly Klaas, Richard Allen Davis is arguing that because of a recent criminal justice reform law his sent…

www.pressdemocrat.com

Nearly 30 years after being sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing Petaluma resident Polly Klaas, Richard Allen Davis is arguing that because of a recent criminal justice reform law his sentence should be overturned.

When Polly walks into court and gives her approval of his request, then, and only then, will it be OK to be overturned IMO. And he's lucky he's still breathing and wasting our food and water when it could go to someone that actually deserves sustenance.

I think you have a better chance of getting a pony, @amandab.

 

[PrairieWind]

Yes - I am surprised he is still around....

Well, there is a moratorium on executions in California.

 

[Niner]

Well, there is a moratorium on executions in California.

Unfortunately....

 

[Recidivist]

There is no longer a death row in California. San Quentin changed its name from death row to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Those who were sentenced to death have been moved to other prisons. Although California voters voted speed up executions, the governor took it upon himself, against the will of the people, to ban the death penalty. Defendants can still be sentenced to death, but there is no longer a death row.

Former death row inmates, and those sentenced to LWOP prior to 1990 will have an opportunity for judicial review. If they get released, they will be given a few thousand dollars to start over. There is a real chance that Richard Davis could be released under these new laws.

 

[PrairieWind]

There is no longer a death row in California. San Quentin changed its name from death row to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Those who were sentenced to death have been moved to other prisons. Although California voters voted speed up executions, the governor took it upon himself, against the will of the people, to ban the death penalty. Defendants can still be sentenced to death, but there is no longer a death row.

Former death row inmates, and those sentenced to LWOP prior to 1990 will have an opportunity for judicial review. If they get released, they will be given a few thousand dollars to start over. There is a real chance that Richard Davis could be released under these new laws.

It really is amazing how California had the death penalty, but eventually the courts were not allowing it to get carried out. Eventually, three members of the Calif Supreme Court were removed by voters for the opposition to capital punishment. An initiative came up to abolish death sentences in 2011 or so and was defeated. Then two more initiatives came up, one to abolish it and one to stream line it. The initiative to abolish was defeated by the voters and the initiative to stream line was passed. The will of the people seems clear. But then the Governor just decides he is personally against it and enacts a moratorium to over-rule the people.

 

[Mskey215]

There is no longer a death row in California. San Quentin changed its name from death row to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Those who were sentenced to death have been moved to other prisons. Although California voters voted speed up executions, the governor took it upon himself, against the will of the people, to ban the death penalty. Defendants can still be sentenced to death, but there is no longer a death row.

Former death row inmates, and those sentenced to LWOP prior to 1990 will have an opportunity for judicial review. If they get released, they will be given a few thousand dollars to start over. There is a real chance that Richard Davis could be released under these new laws.

Where is he now

 

[JoeFromLB]

Yes - I am surprised he is still around....

There are men on Death Row that have been there since the early 1980's. Look up Ricardo Rene Sanders. Sentenced to death in 1982 and still appealing. FORTY-TWO years and no end in sight! Unreal. Gunned down several people after herding them into a restaurant walk-in refrigerator. Robbery, then murder.