Marc Klaas, father of Polly Klaas, right, hugs his wife Violet outside Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose, Calif., Friday, May 31, 2024. A judge declined to recall the capital sentence ...

Marc Klaas, father of Polly Klaas, right, hugs his wife Violet outside Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose, Calif., Friday, May 31, 2024.

A California judge has denied a petition to recall the death sentence of a man convicted in the 1993 kidnapping and killing of 12-year-old Polly Klaas in a case that shocked the nation.

SAN JOSE — A California judge on Friday denied a petition to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her ...

Marc Klaas, the father of murder victim Polly Klaas, wears a button with his daughters face at Santa Clara Superior Court in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024.

Richard Allen Davis' resentencing bid for Polly Klaas murder conviction rejected Jurors in 1996 found Davis guilty of first-degree murder and of the “special circumstances” of kidnapping ...

A California judge on Friday rejected a resentencing bid made by Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom at knifepoint in a crime that ...

A California judge on Friday rejected a resentencing bid made by Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom at knifepoint in a crime that ...