There is an attempt by the individual Richard Allen davis, pollys killer to have a resentencing and in fact, what theyre asking for is for the court to vacate a jury verdict the man convicted of killing 12 year old polly klaas more than 30 years ago is now asking a judge to reconsider his death sentence. Good evening. Im ama daetz and im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us today. Attorneys for Richard Allen davis argued that a new state law mandates davis be given another chance to avoid execution. Abc seven News Reporter zach fuentes was in court for todays hearing. He joins us live with those details. Zach yeah. And the hearing today was for the judge to decide whether Richard Allen davis is eligible for that resentencing. He was sentenced to death. But now, with the events set into motion today, his attorneys are fighting to overturn that sentence. The kidnaping and murder of 12 year old polly klaas is one that captured the worlds attention. It happened in petaluma back in 1993. She w
Theyre going to decide where a person dies, and thats going to be in prison for the rest of their lives in terms of when that person is going to die, thats going to be gods decision. Rosen stopped seeking the Death Penalty in 2020 because he saw a lack of fairness in the criminal Justice System. Now hes taking another step towards reform. Rosen petitioned to resentence Santa Clara County inmates from death row to life without parole. If its not fair to seek the Death Penalty against someone for committing a certain kind of crime today, then it wasnt fair to sentence that person to death for the same kind of crime. 20 years ago, only two men received the Death Penalty. Since rosen was elected da 13 years ago, melvin forte in 2011 and Rodrigo Paniagua junior in 2010, just before rosen took office. In total, 15 men will now be given the opportunity of resentencing. I think for our Community Life without the possibility of parole in prison will both protect our community and strengthen our
Picd for that as well. But saturday afternoon and evening, strengthens to a cat 1 hurricane. It then moves into the gulf states where there are Tropical Storm warnings and watches in effect as well as some hurricane watches and warnings in effect. It weakens to a tropical system and then takes aim for our area. The timing here on your monday, as early as the morning hours. So, nates impacts here, much needed rain on monday, we could see an inch or less. We could see some wind. It could be a weather alert day. Ill have more on the timing for the rain, also rain potentially on sunday as well, pat. All right, amelia. Now to a disturbing developing story in gaithersburg. A woman waiting for the bus on watkins mill road at travis lane is pulled into the woods and sexually assaulted. People who live nearby say they are scared. News 4s chris gordon has been following the story since it happened this morning. He joins us live now. Chris, what have you learned about this so afraid. We a whats h
The place my father was born and raised. Its to help them out. Reporter state police are sending more than a dozen troop cars. Were taking them to jacksonville, florida, then theyll get on a barge and be barged over which will be about a day or two trip. The current reminded Hurricane Sandy struck new jersey five years ago. Even though we have jersey on our arm, we can go anywhere in order to help. Reporter now, the state police we can tell you drew from its personnel from all over the state. These state troopers are prepared, they are mentally and physically prepared and eager to deliver this task. Were live in Hamilton Township tonight. Im cydney long. New jersey state troopers are also in the u. S. Virgin islands. Troopers posted these pictures today on facebook. They arrived earlier this week. Theyve been working around the clock on st. Thomas and st. John. If youd like to help people suffering through hurricane damage, you can tap the nbc 10 app right now, we have the best ways to
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