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Utah hasn't used a firing squad in over 15 years - but as the death date of Ralph Menzies' execution looms closer, a larger ...
Unlike other recent commutation hearings, it’s not likely that the state parole board will hear directly from the death row ...
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole (BOP) is granting Ralph Menzies a commutation hearing following a petition filed by his ...
Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies is granted a commutation hearing by the parole board, with no date set yet.
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole has granted Ralph Menzies a commutation hearing ahead of the death row inmate’s Sept. 5 ...
Maurine Hunsaker was just 26 years old when she was robbed, kidnapped and murdered nearly four decades ago. Now, in July 2025 ...
A 2News investigation revealed a significant conflict of interest involving a pro tempore parole board member in the case of ...
Recent changes to (Utah) state law keep Utahns in the dark when it comes to certain information about the state’s death ...
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." ...
Prosecutors have filed their response to death row inmate Ralph Menzies' request for his sentence to be changed to life ...
Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed on Sept. 5, but his lawyers say his deteriorating mental state, caused by ...
Ralph Menzies' attorneys say his dementia is getting worse, and he now requires full-time care at Utah's prison. A judge on Wednesday signed a death warrant ordering he be executed in September.