Barry Beach

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana prosecutor says he's not pursuing felony charges at this time against a man accused of sexually propositioning a 12-year-old girl two months after he was granted clemency in a 1979 murder.

Ravalli County Commissioners declared a state of emergency due to the rapid growth of the Observation Point Fire. No evacuations required yet.

A Montana man who recently was granted clemency after spending three decades behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit is using some of his regained freedom to help reform the criminal justice system.

Governor Steve Bullock has granted convicted killer Barry Beach clemency.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock promises "careful consideration" of a clemency request from a man who's spent three decades in prison for the 1979 murder of a high school classmate.

The Montana Legislature would assume more authority over the state's seven-member parole board under proposed legislation.

Markus Kaarma will go on trial for murder on December 1st, and there are two stories relating to the upcoming trial that top today's news..

Attorneys for Barry Beach, who is serving 100 years without the possibility of parole for the 1979 beating death of a high school classmate, are asking the Montana Supreme Court to order him resentenced with consideration for the fact that he was 17 at the time of the offense.

HELENA, Mont. - Montana's parole board has rejected a clemency application from Barry Beach, meaning he will continue serving his prison sentence for a 1979 slaying.

The special prosecutor in the 1984 murder trial of a Montana prisoner serving a 100-year prison sentence for a killing committed when he was 17 says the case has been exhaustively reviewed and the state parole board should reject a recent plea for clemency.