# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-allen-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:01:11.032Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-allen-davis"
name: "Richard Allen Davis"
slug: "richard-allen-davis"
description: "Richard Allen Davis is an American convicted murderer whose criminal record fueled support for the passage of California's \"three-strikes law\" for repeat offenders and the involuntary civil commitment act for sex offenders and predators. He was convicted in 1996 of first-degree murder with special circumstances of 12-year-old Polly Klaas. As of January 2026, Davis remains on California's death row in the Adjustment Center at San Quentin State Prison."
tagline: "American murderer and child molester"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Allen_Davis_(prison_photograph)_-_20070615.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1954-06-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.900189333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Davis"
    title: "Richard Allen Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8"
    title: "রিচার্ড অ্যালেন ডেভিস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Davis"
    title: "Richard Allen Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Davis"
    title: "Richard Allen Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Davis"
    title: "Richard Allen Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Davis"
    title: "Richard Allen Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Davis"
    title: "Richard Allen Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q784690"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump