The following is a list of people executed by the
U.S. state of
Montana since
capital punishment was resumed in 1976.
A total of 3 people convicted of murder have been executed since the ''
Gregg v. Georgia'' decision. They were all executed by
lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death. The main application for this procedure is capital puni ...
.
Terry Langford
Terry Allen Langford (May 18, 1966 – February 24, 1998) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection in Montana. Langford was executed for the July 1988 murders of Ned and Celene Blackwood, in Ovando, Montana. His cas ...
and
David Dawson waived their appeals and asked that their executions be carried out.
See also
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Capital punishment in Montana
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Montana.
Of the states that currently retain the death penalty, Montana is the only one that has not handed down a death sentence in the 21st century. The last time the state sentenced a ...
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Capital punishment in the United States
In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 s ...
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Barry Beach
Barry Allan Beach (born February 15, 1962) is an American who was sentenced to life in prison, life imprisonment without parole in 1984 for the 1979 murder of Kimberly Nees in Poplar, Montana. During the years following his conviction, Beach gaine ...
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People executed