List of individuals executed in Montana
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This is a list of people executed in Montana. A total of three individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Montana
since 1976. They were all executed by lethal injection
. David Dawson waived his appeals and asked that the execution be carried out.
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
since 1976. They were all executed by lethal injection
Lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
. David Dawson waived his appeals and asked that the execution be carried out.
| Executed person | Date of execution | Victims | Under Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duncan McKenzie Duncan McKenzie (murderer) Duncan Peder McKenzie, Jr., was convicted of the murder of Conrad, Montana schoolteacher Lana Harding on January 21, 1974. After conviction, he was on death row for 20 years, receiving eight stays of execution. His ninth stay of execution was denied by the United States courts of appeals.McKenzie... |
May 10, 1995 | Lana Harding | Marc Racicot Marc Racicot Marc F. Racicot is a U.S. politician and lobbyist and member of the Republican Party. He was the governor of Montana from 1993 until 2001. After leaving office, Racicot worked as a lobbyist for the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani. His notable clients included Enron, Burlington Northern Santa Fe,... |
| 2 | Terry Langford Terry Langford Terry Allen Langford was an American executed by lethal injection in Montana.Terry Langford was convicted of murdering a couple, Ned and Celene Blackwood, in Ovando, Montana on July 5, 1988. He was sentenced to death for this crime on January 26, 1989... |
February 24, 1998 | Ned and Celene Blackwood | Marc Racicot Marc Racicot Marc F. Racicot is a U.S. politician and lobbyist and member of the Republican Party. He was the governor of Montana from 1993 until 2001. After leaving office, Racicot worked as a lobbyist for the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani. His notable clients included Enron, Burlington Northern Santa Fe,... |
| 3 | David Dawson David Thomas Dawson David Thomas Dawson was a convicted murderer. He was born in San Diego, California and executed at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, Montana.- The crime :... |
August 11, 2006 | David, Monica, and Andrew Rodstein | Brian Schweitzer Brian Schweitzer Brian David Schweitzer is an American politician from the U.S. state of Montana. Schweitzer is its 23rd and current governor, serving since January 2005. Schweitzer currently has one of the highest approval ratings among governors in the nation, with polls regularly showing a rating of above 60... |
See also
- Capital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United States, in practice, applies only for aggravated murder and more rarely for felony murder. Capital punishment was a penalty at common law, for many felonies, and was enforced in all of the American colonies prior to the Declaration of Independence...
- List of most recent executions by jurisdiction