In 2013[update] there were 28,397 crimes reported in the U.S. state of Montana, including 22 murders.
[1] Capital punishment was applied in this state up to 2015,[2] when it was suspended for lack of any available drug for lethal injection which met the legal requirements; an attempt in the legislature to renew executions failed in April 2021, as a result of which executions will likely remain suspended until at least 2023.
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