MAY 8, 2024
Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 56 years to life for Adam Montgomery, who was convicted of murdering his 5-year-old daughter.
www.boston.com
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In a sentencing memo sent to the judge Tuesday and signed by Attorney General John M. Formella, prosecutors emphasize 34-year-old Montgomery’s previous criminal history and sentences for those crimes that “failed” to rehabilitate him. The state also says that the cruelty with which Montgomery killed his daughter Harmony Montgomery is reason for extended jail time.
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In the memo, prosecutors say Montgomery has never shown remorse for Harmony’s death and that the murder was not a quick or impulsive act.
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“There is nothing about the facts of this case that can be described as ‘minimal,’ such that the mandatory minimum sentence would be an appropriate sentence,” the memo reads.
Prosecutors also point to Montgomery’s extensive and violent criminal history, which includes convictions on charges of first-degree assault, armed robbery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
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“Rehabilitative efforts have been part of his sentences before over the past two decades, and he has chosen not to participate. Suspended time, programming, sentences to the house of corrections, etc.…,” prosecutors write,” and none of them have deterred him from committing more violent crimes hurting others.”