{"id":2059971,"date":"2023-10-08T17:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T21:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-of-first-missing-girl-on-the-internet-slams-newsom-for-halting-death-penalty\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T17:38:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T21:38:13","slug":"father-of-first-missing-girl-on-the-internet-slams-newsom-for-halting-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-of-first-missing-girl-on-the-internet-slams-newsom-for-halting-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Father of first missing girl on the internet criticizes Newsom for stopping death penalty."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffather-of-first-missing-girl-on-the-internet-slams-newsom-for-halting-death-penalty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2059971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Father of murder victim Polly\u2062 Klaas, \u2064Marc Klaas, speaks \u2064to the media. (Photo by Frazer \u200cHarrison\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke\u2063 Mallory<\/a><br \/>2:24 PM \u2013\u200d Sunday, October\u2062 8, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The father of Polly Klaas, a young girl who vanished from a sleepover in 1993 and later\u200c became known as the \u200c\u201cfirst missing girl on the internet,\u201d recently called California Democrat \u200bGovernor Gavin Newsom \u201ca pig\u201d for abolishing the \u2063death penalty in his state in 2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>When Polly, who was 12-years-old \u2064at the time, was\u200c abducted from a \u2064sleepover at knifepoint and later strangled and killed, Richard Allen Davis, who is currently incarcerated \u2064in San Quentin State Prison, was found guilty and given the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The abduction took\u2062 place in \u200cPetaluma, California. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cNewsom is a pig,\u201d said Marc Klaas, \u2063who runs\u2064 a\u200d nonprofit for\u2062 parents and \u2062victims of crimes against children. \u2062\u201cIn 2019, he declared a death penalty\u200d moratorium in California. He \u2063told me, among other things, that he didn\u2019t want to be the governor who executes an \u200binnocent person.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">30 years ago, Polly \u2064Klaas, 12, was kidnapped from her Petaluma home &#038; killed, a tragedy that transformed the\u200c criminal\u2063 justice system. Her dad Marc Klaas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PollyDad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PollyDad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTVU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KTVU<\/a> political analyst Brian Sobel (then-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PetalumaCityGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PetalumaCityGov<\/a> vice mayor)\u2062 &#038; ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petaluma_police?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@petaluma_police<\/a> sgt. reflect, Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTVU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KTVU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cl5kERAvaV\">pic.twitter.com\/Cl5kERAvaV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henrykleeKTVU\/status\/1708315706285228498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>No one in California will be put to death through the justice system while Newsom is governor, \u2062thanks \u200bto his moratorium on executions.<\/p>\n<p>The decree, according\u2064 to Klaas, shows \u201cadvocacy \u200dfor the worst and most \u200ddangerous people in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>737 criminals were reportedly on California\u2019s death row when Newsom declared the moratorium in March 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe intentional killing of another person is wrong and, as governor, I \u2064will not oversee\u2063 the execution of any individual,\u201d Newsom said \u200cin a statement. \u201cOur death penalty system has been,\u00a0by all measures,\u00a0a failure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt has\u2062 discriminated against\u2063 defendants who are\u2063 mentally ill, black and \u2064brown or \u2063can\u2019t afford expensive legal representation. It has\u2062 provided \u200dno public safety benefit or \u200dvalue as a \u2063deterrent. It has wasted \u200dbillions of taxpayer dollars. Most\u200d of all, the death penalty is absolute. It\u2019s irreversible \u2064and irreparable in the event of\u2063 human error,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In \u200b1993, when computers were just starting to \u2064gain popularity, Polly Klaas\u2019 disappearance garnered national attention in newspapers and on television. It also\u2064 gained \u2063notoriety \u2064as the first prominent \u200cmissing persons case to be discussed online.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062emergence of the internet and social media, according to \u200cMarc Klaas, \u201cchanged the\u200c way that the public and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-of-first-missing-girl-on-the-internet-slams-newsom-for-halting-death-penalty\/\" title=\"Father of first missing girl on the internet criticizes Newsom for stopping death penalty.\">law enforcement \u2062approach missing kids<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFor example, when we distributed Polly\u2019s missing\u200c flyer, we acquired a mailing list, \u2063spent $15,000 \u200bon stamps, printed \u2063thousands of flyers, put them in envelopes and took them to the post office,\u201d the victim\u2019s \u200bfather said. \u201cThe flyers \u2063began arriving about a week after we started the process. Now, you \u200dcan \u2064create a missing child [Facebook] page, fill it with pictures and videos, link \u200darticles, television reports, testimonials and\u2064 law enforcement contact information. This process costs nothing and can be regularly updated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As an illustration of how the internet may be helpful in disseminating information about a missing\u200d child\u2019s case, Klaas cited Gabby Petito\u2019s disappearance in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He\u200c also\u200b highlighted the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/update-9-year-old-who-went-missing-at-n-y-campground-found-alive-suspect-detained\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/update-9-year-old-who-went-missing-at-n-y-campground-found-alive-suspect-detained\/\" target=\"_blank\">discovery \u2062of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena<\/a>, \u2062who was\u200d recently abducted on a camping trip in upstate New York, before she was discovered safe.<\/p>\n<p>It \u201cwas a great combination of law \u2063enforcement response and a little bit \u200cof\u2063 luck,\u201d Klaas\u200d said. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBecause of\u200c law enforcement\u2019s quick and professional response, they were quickly able to identify and arrest the \u2064suspect through fingerprint technology,\u201d Klaas continued. \u201cThe public also immediately picked up on this case as it spread like wildfire through traditional and social media.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI believe, based on nothing more than my experience, \u200cthat this was probably a crime of \u2062opportunity \u200cin \u200bthat he was laying in wait \u2062but did not have a specific target. It also looks like this was probably a kidnapping for \u200cransom, which is rare with these kinds of crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news\u200c blasts directly to your inbox for free.\u200c Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Joe Biden, in a stunning reversal, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-16-migrants-killed-and-29-others-injured-in-bus-crash-in-mexico\/\" title=\"16 migrants dead, 29 injured in Mexico bus crash.\">bypass numerous federal laws<\/a> to continue construction of\u2062 former President Donald Trump\u2019s border wall,\u200b even after \u200cswearing to never do so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>There\u2019s a brand new song out by \u2062artist Jimmy Levy called\u00a0 \u201cFreedom.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Congressman Mike Collins tells One America \u200bNews \u200cthat \u200dGeorgia\u2019s new Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission could act\u2062 to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The jobs report for September shows that we \u200dadded 336,000 jobs, which is above expectations of 170,000.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s administration\u200c is facing pressure from some lawmakers to restrict\u200b American companies from \u200dworking on a freely available chip\u200d technology widely used in China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI is exploring making its own artificial intelligence chips and \u200bis evaluating a potential acquisition target.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>South Korea\u2019s telecommunications regulator said on Friday that Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google\u200b and Apple have abused their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-chatgpt-owner-openai-is-exploring-making-its-own-ai-chips\/\" title=\"OpenAI is considering creating its own AI chips.\">dominant app market position<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Billionaire Elon Musk is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission \u2064over his 2022 purchase of social\u200c media \u200bgiant \u2064Twitter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cWhat reasons did Marc Klaas give for criticizing Governor Newsom&#8217;s decision to \u2062abolish the death penalty?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Father \u200cof Murder Victim Polly Klaas Criticizes California Governor for Abolishing Death Penalty<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2062recent statement, Marc Klaas, the father of Polly Klaas \u2062who was famously abducted and killed in 1993, expressed his strong\u2063 disapproval of California Governor Gavin Newsom for abolishing the death penalty in the state in 2019. According to Klaas, he referred to the Governor as &#8220;a \u2063pig&#8221; for his \u200bdecision.<\/p>\n<p>Polly\u200d Klaas, who was 12\u200b years old at the time,\u2063 was abducted from a sleepover in Petaluma, California. She was taken at \u200dknifepoint, later strangled, and ultimately lost her life due to this \u2063heinous act. The perpetrator, Richard Allen Davis, was convicted and given the death penalty\u200d for his crimes. He is currently incarcerated in San \u2062Quentin State Prison.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Klaas, who runs \u2063a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting parents and victims of crimes against children, openly\u2063 criticized Governor Newsom for his stance\u200c on the death penalty. Klaas shared that Newsom had declared a moratorium on the death penalty, stating that he did not want\u200c to be the governor who executed \u2064an innocent person.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2063 controversial decision by Governor Newsom has led to a significant divide in public opinion. While some argue \u200bthat the death penalty should\u200d be\u2062 abolished \u2064due to concerns over wrongful\u2063 convictions, others believe\u2062 that it serves as \u200ban appropriate punishment\u2063 for acts as heinous as Polly Klaas&#8217; murder.<\/p>\n<p>The case\u200d of Polly Klaas, which gained national attention and was one of the first instances of a missing \u2064person case being widely publicized through\u200d the internet, \u2062played a pivotal role in shaping\u200b the criminal justice system. It\u2062 fueled \u2064conversations about child safety, led to the creation of new laws, and highlighted the need for stronger measures to protect children.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Klaas, who has dedicated his life \u2064to advocating for victims and their families,\u200b continues to speak out about his daughter&#8217;s \u200ctragic fate\u2063 and the importance of holding criminals \u200caccountable for their actions. He \u2063has been actively involved in raising awareness about child safety and working towards preventing similar incidents from occurring in \u2062the future.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion around the death penalty is a complex and divisive one, with varying\u2063 viewpoints \u200cand arguments\u2062 on both\u200d sides. Governor Newsom&#8217;s decision to abolish the death penalty in California is one that\u200d continues\u2063 to stir debate and ignite passionate responses. However, it is important to\u200d recognize the pain and loss endured \u2064by victims&#8217; families, like the Klaas \u2063family, and to understand their perspective as they seek \u2062justice for their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate over the death penalty in California and across the country continues, it\u200b is \u2064crucial to engage in thoughtful and respectful conversations that \u200bconsider the perspectives of \u2062all those affected by these criminal acts. Only\u200c through\u2063 open dialogue and understanding can \u2062we \u2064hope to find the most effective and just solutions in our pursuit of a safer society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Klaas, father of murder victim Polly Klaas, addresses the media. Polly, who disappeared from a sleepover in 1993 and gained notoriety as the &#8220;first missing girl on the internet,&#8221; remains a haunting case. California is still on his mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":2059972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2059971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2059971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2059972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2059971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2059971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}