Judge rejects resentencing bid by Richard Allen Davis for Polly Klaas murder conviction

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62% : Among those reform laws were Proposition 47, which reclassified some nonviolent felonies to misdemeanors to slow the flow of nonviolent offenders into the prison system, and Assembly Bill 109, which shifted the administration of lesser prison sentences and parole to counties and local jails.
36% : By Robert Salonga, The Mercury News The Tribune Content AgencySAN JOSE, Calif. - Richard Allen Davis, the man condemned to death row for the notorious killing of 12-year-old Polly Klaas in the North Bay three decades ago, was denied a longshot resentencing bid by a Santa Clara County judge on Friday.
33% : He did receive some relief in 2019 when Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions in California and later ordered the dismantling of death row at San Quentin State Prison.

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