The Murder of Kimberly Ann Nees took place in Poplar, Montana on the night of June 16, 1979. Nees, an eighteen year old graduating senior, was attacked ...
clemency application at the Deer Lodge Community Center at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Board chairman Mike McKee has said a full clemency hearing will be held if the parole board accepts Beach's application. Beach is serving a 100-year prison sentence for the 1979 beating death of classmate Kim Nees in Poplar.
The decision from the state Board of Pardons and Parole marked the fourth time since 1994 that the panel has rejected a bid for executive clemency by Beach in the slaying of 17-year-old Kim Nees on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
In a 4-3 split opinion, the majority of justices said Phillips gave too much weight to testimony offered by new witnesses and failed to adequately consider forensic evidence that pointed to a single attacker in the death of Kim Nees, 17.
Date: May 17, 2013
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Montana court reverses man's release in notorious 1979 slaying that split ...
But from the time he confessed to out-of-state police four years after the notorious killing of Kim Nees, almost nothing about the Barry Beach case has been routine and advocates promised they will find other ways to prove his innocence.
Date: May 16, 2013
Category: U.S.
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Mont. man in custody after release in 1979 slaying
Beach, 51, was convicted of killing Kim Nees after she resisted his advances late one summer. He spent almost three decades in prison before a Lewistown judge determined in 2011 that new evidence raised doubts about Beach's guilt in the murder of a 17-year-old classmate on the Fort Peck Indian Reser
Date: May 15, 2013
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Once convicted of murder, Montana man adjusts to life after 3 decades behind bars
Prosecutors are contesting Beachs release and are adamant that the right man was convicted in the murder of 17-year-old Kim Nees, pointing to his confession as the ultimate proof. Beach says it was a coerced and false confession. Prosecutors are also flabbergasted by the positive reception for Beac
Date: Dec 17, 2011
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Barry Beach freed after 29 years to await new Montana trial
This is all about finding that peace of mind for her family, because I created a lie by mistake that her family put their faith into, and I've got to correct that," Beach told reporters. "I can't change the confession, but I can help bring justice to Kim Nees, and that's the only thing I can do."