Duncan McKenzie (murderer)
For other people of the same name, see Duncan McKenzie (disambiguation).
Duncan Peder McKenzie, Jr., (October 5, 1951 – May 11, 1995) was convicted of the murder of Conrad, Montana schoolteacher Lana Harding on January 21, 1974. After his conviction in March 1975, 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.[1]
McKenzie was executed on May 11, 1995. He was the first person executed in Montana since 1943, and also the first ever U.S. death row inmate to spend 20 years or more on death row and still eventually be executed.[2]
See also
- Capital punishment in the United States
- List of individuals executed in Montana
Notes
- ↑ Henry Weinstein, "Denial of Stay Puts Montana Killer One Step Closer to Death", Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1995.
- ↑ "Montana Executes Killer of a Teacher", The New York Times, May 11, 1995.