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In response to reader interest I’ve scanned and posted Barry Beach’s entire 413-page clemency application. As most Lowdown readers know,...

In a 4-3 decision, the Montana Supreme Court today reversed a lower court’s ruling granting Barry Beach, the man convicted in 1984 of a mu...

I’ve had several people ask via e-mail and facebook about posting my entire Twitter feed from Wednesday’s bail hearing. I’ve compiled the ...

I wanted to post this yesterday but had technical difficulties with the hotel’s wifi. Here is the raw video footage of Barry Beach’s very ...

Judge E. Wayne Phillips’ Lewistown courtroom is packed. Media outlets from across Montana – and even across the pond – have filled the jur...

On the eve of a hearing to determine whether Barry Beach should be released on bail pending a new murder trial, Attorney General Steve Bullo...

A Fergus County District Court Judge has set a bond hearing for Barry Beach, the man convicted of the 1979 slaying of a Poplar teenager. D...

It remains a mystery how KURL 8 reporter Katie Ussin managed to get Judge E. Wayne Phillips’ order granting Barry Beach a new trial befo...

If there was one thing nearly everyone in the Fergus County courtroom could agree on this week it was that District Judge Wayne Phillips con...

The Great Falls Tribune has confirmed that Roosevelt County Sheriff Freedom Crawford was involved in an altercation at a downtown bar early...