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The man convicted in Polly Klaas' 1993 kidnapping from a sleepover and subsequent murder is asking the California Superior Court to overturn his death sentence.Richard Allen Davis, who is locked up at San Quentin State Prison, was sentenced to death for abducting 12-year-old Polly — now known as the first missing girl on the internet — from a sleepover at knifepoint and then strangling her to death."On Aug. 5, 1996, Richard Allen Davis was sentenced to death for kidnapping and murdering my 12-year-old daughter Polly Klaas, with the intent to commit lewd acts upon her," Polly's father, Marc Klaas, said in an April 4 statement. "At 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 1, 1993, Davis invaded a slumber party at the home Polly shared with her mother in Petaluma, California, where he bound, tied, and blindfolded Polly’s two friends before kidnapping her at knifepoint."Two months later, Klaas' family learned that Davis "murdered Polly and discarded her body on top of a trash pile within hours of abducting her."POLLY KLAAS' FATHER CALLS GOV. NEWSOM ‘A PIG’ FOR DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM Polly Klaas' disappearance, which made headlines across the country, became known as the first high-profile missing persons case to circulate on the internet in 1993, when computers were just beginning to take off. (Polly Klaas Foundation)Davis is seeking a recall of his death sentence under California Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2019 decision to halt the death penalty across the state. Under Newsom's moratorium, no one in California can be executed while he is in the governor's office. "We had every expectation that the sentence of death recommended by the jury and imposed by Judge Thomas Hastings would keep him segregated from society for the rest of his life. We could not have been more wrong!" Marc continued. "The Sonoma County District Attorney’s opposition to recall of Davis’s capital sentence… is correct that a recall of a capital sentence is not authorized under the section, and the court should deny his motion on April 5, 2024."THE CHILD ABDUCTION AND MURDER THAT CHANGED AMERICAN JUSTICE Richard Allen Davis, who is currently imprisoned at San Quentin State Prison, was sentenced to death for kidnapping Polly Klaas from a sleepover at knifepoint and then strangling her. (Klaas Kids)On April 5, Superior Court Judge Benjamin Williams set a May 31 date to rule on Davis' motion to recall his sentence."If my family can be subjected to the possible recall

20/20 is remembering Polly Klaas thirty years after she was brutally murdered. Admittedly, this is not an incident that anyone wants to relive. Yet, it is vital to honor her memory and remind people of the dangers that still lurk. So, what exactly happened to Polly? Read on for more details.20/20: Remembering Polly Klaas 30 Years After Her MurderIt is hard to believe that it has been thirty years since Polly Klaas was murdered but 20/20 is taking the time to revisit that awful time. Her father, Marc Klaas is speaking out as to how this moment forever changed his life. Polly, a resident of California, was just twelve years old when she was kidnapped. She was having a slumber party when someone broke into her home, kidnapped Polly, and then she went missing. Soon enough, there was a full-on search for the young girl that lasted two months with Hollywood even pitching it. Sadly, she was killed by the intruder and now the show is taking a closer look at everything that transpired.Marc, Polly Klaas-ABCAccording to ABC, the lead FBI investigator for Polly Klaas’ case, Eddie Freyer, still drives by the site where her body was found. He sees something new left in memoriam for her every time. It was October 1993 when she was having a sleepover. Polly’s mom was home and asleep in a bedroom nearby. The other attendees were apparently tied up and Polly was taken at knifepoint. Former detective sergeant, Vail Bello noted: “It was like a boogeyman came in and stole her out of that house.”Marc Klaas-ABCMarc Klaas, Polly’s father, had been divorced from her mother so he did not live in the home. He spoke to 20/20 and shared that the police told him the person who took Polly had wanted money. However, they did not take any when they were in the home. The media was shielded from the immediate notification of what had happened. Eventually, as Marc shared, they needed them and they jumped in. Winona Ryder offered 200K for tips/information while it was featured on America’s Most Wanted.The OutcomeAs it turns out, just hours after the kidnapping, someone noticed a car in a ditch. The person driving was all over the place so the police were called. However, per 20/20, he was released as there was no real reason to keep him. Yet, the kidnapping had not been widely broadcast so no one knew they were looking for someone just like that. Two months later, this night, with the man who was described as “disheveled” and “panic-stricken,” would be of use. How?Watch the whole story of what happened to Polly Klaas on 20/20 airing Friday, September 22nd on ABC. Author

Polly Klaas was the victim of a sexual predator. Her father, Marc Klaas, president of both the KlaasKids Foundation and BeyondMissing, Inc., and one of the originators of the Amber Alert system, spoke with Law Enforcement Technology contributing editor Carole Moore about his daughter, his experience with the police and his activism against sexual predators. (This interview has been edited for space.)LET: What did the police do right and what could have been done better?Klaas: My daughter Polly was having a slumber party with two of her girlfriends in the bedroom of the house that she shared with her mother Eve in Petaluma, California, on the evening of October 1, 1993. About 10:30 in the evening, as the girls were preparing to go to bed, their party was invaded by a knife wielding, bearded stranger who threatened the girls' lives if they made a sound and then proceeded to tie up and gag and bind all these girlfriends and steal Polly into the night.Once the girls got free, they were able to wake up Polly's mother who was asleep in another bedroom in the house and a 911 call was initiated. The police responded immediately, put out an all points bulletin that the information was not for press release. Therefore, when the kidnapper, having interactions with two sheriff's deputies about half an hour later, those deputies were unaware that a kidnapping had occurred. So, instead of arresting this character, they helped pull his vehicle out of a ditch and went about their daily lives.We then spent the next 65 days searching for Polly only to find that the bearded stranger was a recently paroled violent offender who had kidnapped, raped and murdered my daughter within about a one to two-hour period. (He is now) on California's death row. We started the KlaasKids Foundation as a way to give meaning to Polly's death and a way to build a legacy in her name that would, hopefully, be protective of children for generations to come.LET: Do you see that failure to communicate the APB to everybody as a major factor?Klaas: No. I