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Before Being Sentenced to Die, Killer Disrupts a Courtroom

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The killer of 12-year-old Polly Klaas was sentenced to death today at the close of dramatic courtroom scene in which a comment from the defendant sent the girl's outraged father from the room.

The father, Marc Klaas, rose from his seat and lunged toward the defendant, Richard Allen Davis, before submitting to deputies who hustled him toward the door.

Mr. Klaas shouted at the defendant as Mr. Klaas's mother, B. J., loudly sobbed.

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