Terry Langford
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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. While on death row
in Montana State Prison
, Langford killed a fellow inmate during a riot on September 22, 1991. Langford was born in Lebanon, Kentucky
. At 31 years old, he was the youngest inmate put to death since the death penalty
was reinstated in Montana in 1976.
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...
in Montana
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,...
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Terry Langford was convicted of murdering a couple, Ned and Celene Blackwood, in Ovando, Montana
Ovando, Montana
Ovando is a census-designated place in Powell County, Montana, United States. The population was 71 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Ovando is located at ....
on July 5, 1988. He was sentenced to death for this crime on January 26, 1989. While on death row
Death row
Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found...
in Montana State Prison
Montana State Prison
The Montana State Prison is a men's correctional facility of the Montana Department of Corrections in unincorporated Powell County, Montana, about west of Deer Lodge...
, Langford killed a fellow inmate during a riot on September 22, 1991. Langford was born in Lebanon, Kentucky
Lebanon, Kentucky
Lebanon is a city in Marion County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 6,331 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Marion County. Lebanon is located in central Kentucky, southeast of Louisville. A national cemetery is located nearby....
. At 31 years old, he was the youngest inmate put to death since the death penalty
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
was reinstated in Montana in 1976.
See also
- List of individuals executed in Montana
- 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...