Luis Monge (mass murderer)

Luis José Monge
Monge on September 23, 1964
Born	(1918-06-21)June 21, 1918 Puerto Rico
Died	June 2, 1967(1967-06-02) (aged 48) Colorado State Penitentiary, Cañon City, Colorado, U.S.
Cause of death	Execution by gas chamber
Known for	Being the last inmate executed before the Furman v. Georgia decision
Criminal status	Executed
Motive	To prevent the exposure of his sexual abuse of his daughter
Conviction(s)	First degree murder (4 counts)
Criminal penalty	Death
Details
Date	June 29, 1963
Location(s)	Denver, Colorado
Killed	4
Weapon	Steel bar, knife, hands

Luis José Monge (June 21, 1918 – June 2, 1967) was a convicted mass murderer who was executed in the gas chamber at Colorado State Penitentiary in 1967. Monge was the last inmate to be executed before an unofficial moratorium on execution that lasted for more than four years while most death penalty cases were on appeal, culminating in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia in 1972, invalidating all existing death penalty statutes as written.