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Barry Allan Beach (born February 15, 1962)〔 is an American who was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the 1979 murder of Kimberly Nees in Poplar, Montana. During the years following his conviction, his case has drawn national attention.〔 Beach has gained support from influential state and national advocates who say his murder confession, the lynchpin of his conviction, was coerced.〔 In 2015, his sentence was commuted to time served, plus ten years on probation. , there were 23,214 supporters who signed a campaign on Change.org "to find a way to achieve justice for Barry Beach". His case is partly responsible for the development and passage on January 23, 2015 of Montana House Bill 43, which grants the Governor of Montana the right to approve clemency for convicts without approval from the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole. ==Murder of Kimberly Nees== In the early morning of June 16, 1979, 17-year-old Kimberly Nees was brutally murdered outside Poplar, Montana. Later that morning, police found her family’s pickup truck at a well-known party spot a half of a mile outside of town. They followed a trail of blood from the truck to the Poplar River, where they found Nees’ body. An autopsy revealed she had suffered 20 or 21 blows to the skull.〔 There was no indication that a robbery or sexual assault had taken place.〔 Nees’ sweater was found folded neatly near the back of the truck with her purse and a pack of cigarettes placed on top.〔 More than two dozen fingerprints were found on the vehicle, as were multiple footprints in and around the trail. A bloody palm print was found on the passenger door. An FBI investigation later determined that the palm print must have been left by the killer.〔 Nees was the graduating valedictorian from Poplar High School that year and was described as pretty and popular. Residents of Poplar rumored that the murder was a "jealousy killing" and that three or four peers in town were involved in her death.〔 Beach, then 17, was Nees’ neighbor and had previously dated Nees’ sister. Beach was one of the people questioned by police for the murder but no charges were filed against him at the time.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barry Beach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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