From the moment he was arrested for the murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas three years ago, Richard Allen Davis has seemed determined to become a poster boy for evil. Swaggering, unrepentant, Davis smiled often during his trial as details of the kidnapping and killing brought tears to many in the San Jose, California, courtroom. Last week, at the sentencing hearing that followed his conviction in June, Davis reached a startling new low when, moments before being sentenced to death, he accused Polly's father of molesting the girl.
A gasp was heard in the courtroom as Davis asserted that the reason he...
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