The Tragic 1993 Murder Of Polly Klaas

The trial of Richard Allen Davis for the killing of Polly Klaas proved to be an upsetting affair even for a murder case. At one point in the proceedings, the defendant made an obscene gesture at Klaas' family and, at the end of his trial, he made a very unpleasant remark about Klaas' father. According

The trial of Richard Allen Davis for the killing of Polly Klaas proved to be an upsetting affair even for a murder case. At one point in the proceedings, the defendant made an obscene gesture at Klaas' family and, at the end of his trial, he made a very unpleasant remark about Klaas' father. According to SF Gate, at the sentencing stage, Davis said "The main reason I know I did not attempt any lewd act that night was because of a statement the young girl made to me while walking up the embankment: 'Just don't do me like my dad.'" In response, Marc Klaas lurched across the courtroom in an attempt to get at Davis before he was restrained by the sheriff's deputy.

Davis was charged with first-degree murder, the conditions of which included robbery, burglary kidnapping, and attempted lewd acts with a minor. The defense argued that the accusations of molestation were speculative, but the court found him guilty anyway and Davis was sentenced to die. As of 2023, Davis is still on death row at San Quentin State Prison.

In 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom called for a moratorium on the death penalty in the state of California to the outrage of Klaas' father. "Newsom is a pig," he remarked "In 2019, he declared a death penalty moratorium in California. He told me, among other things, that he didn't want to be the governor who executes an innocent person."

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