In April 2014, Beach's attorney Peter Camiel sent an application for commutation to Montana's Board of Pardons and Parole requesting that Beach be considered for parole.
Over two hundred Montanans, including U.S. Senator John Tester, former U.S. Senator Conrad Burns, former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, and Billings Mayor Tom Hanel, wrote letters to the Board supporting Beach's petition for clemency [REF].