Murder in Montana law constitutes the intentional killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state ofMontana.

The United StatesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2020, the state had a murder rate slightly below the median for the entire country.^[1]

Under Montana law, prosecutors can charge minors as young as 12 years old as adults for certain crimes, including deliberate homicide (whether mitigated or not), or attempted deliberate or mitigated homicide.^[3]

Under Montana law, deliberate homicide is punishable by death when committed:^[4]

1. By an offender while in official detention;
2. By an offender who had been previously convicted of another deliberate homicide;
3. By means oftorture;
4. By lying in wait or ambush;
5. As a part of a scheme or operation that, if completed, would result in the death of more than one person;
6. During the course of committingsexual assault, sexual intercourse without consent, deviate sexual conduct, or incest, andthe victim was less than 18 years of age.
7. Against a peace officer killed while performing the officer's duty.

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