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Menzies back in court Wednesday as deadline to respond to commutation request nears
Death row inmate Ralph Menzies is scheduled to be back in court on Wednesday where his competency will again be addressed. He ...
Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies will get to ask for his life to be spared
Unlike other recent commutation hearings, it’s not likely that the state parole board will hear directly from the death row ...
Utah death row inmate with dementia scheduled for execution by firing squad
Maurine Hunsaker was just 26 years old when she was robbed, kidnapped and murdered nearly four decades ago. Now, in July 2025 ...
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Board of Pardons replaces board member for review of Ralph Menzies’ commutation petition
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole announced that it would be removing one of the pro tempore board members set to review ...
Utah parole board under scrutiny after member’s past link to condemned killer revealed
A 2News investigation revealed a significant conflict of interest involving a pro tempore parole board member in the case of ...
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Ralph Menzies ‘understands that he will be executed and why,’ state argues
The state argues that Ralph Menzies's request for a hearing to potentially change his death sentence should not be granted ...
‘Time is ticking’: Judge to decide whether Ralph Menzies should get another review before execution
A judge will soon decide whether Ralph Menzies, the death row inmate with dementia sentenced to die by firing squad on Sept.
Utah seeking sharp shooters for execution of convicted murderer Ralph Menzies, 67, who has been on death row for 40 years and diagnosed with dem…
Utah hasn't used a firing squad in over 15 years - but as the death date of Ralph Menzies' execution looms closer, a larger ...
Ralph Menzies: Death row inmate granted commutation hearing by Board of Pardons and Parole
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole (BOP) is granting Ralph Menzies a commutation hearing following a petition filed by his ...
Tracking Transparency: The secrecy surrounding Utah’s death penalty process
Recent changes to (Utah) state law keep Utahns in the dark when it comes to certain information about the state’s death ...
Attorneys for Ralph Menzies say it would be a ’needless display of violence’ to execute the frail man
Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies has dementia, and is asking the parole board to spare his life. Executing him, his attorneys argue, will be a "needless display of violence." ...
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Killer to be executed by firing squad despite his dementia
Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, will be killed by a firing squad on September 5 for abducting and killing Utah woman Maurine Hunsaker in 1986. Menzies selected the firing squad as the method of his ...