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Utah can execute convicted murderer who has dementia, judge rules
A court sentenced Ralph Leroy Menzies to death in 1988 for kidnapping, robbing and murdering Maurine Hunsaker, a married ...
Utah judge rules a convicted killer with dementia is competent to be executed
A convicted killer in Utah who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to be executed, a state ...
Utah judge rules convicted killer with dementia is competent to be executed
A Utah judge has ruled that a convicted killer who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to ...
Utah can execute murderer Ralph Menzies, who is competent enough to understand his punishment, judge rules
A judge has ruled that Ralph Leroy Menzies is competent enough to be executed for the 1986 kidnapping and death of a Utah ...
Utah killer with dementia is competent enough for death sentence to be carried out, judge rules
A convicted killer in Utah who developed dementia during his time on death row is competent enough to be executed, a state ...
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Utah judge rules a convicted killer with dementia is competent to be executed
A Utah judge has ruled that a convicted killer ... what is happening and why he is facing execution, Judge Matthew Bates wrote in a court order. “Menzies has not shown by a preponderance of ...
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Utah killer with dementia is competent enough for death sentence to be carried out, judge rules
Judge Matthew Bates said Menzies "consistently and rationally ... U.S. prisoner executed by firing squad since 1977 — three in Utah, with the last one in the state carried out in 2010, and ...
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Utah can execute convicted murderer who has dementia, judge rules
A Utah judge on June 6 ruled a 67-year-old convicted ... In a 22-page ruling, State Judge Matthew Bates said Menzies exhibited cognitive decline. But Bates said Menzies hasn’t shown that his ...
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Utah can execute murderer Ralph Menzies, who is competent enough to understand his punishment, judge rules
The ruling from 3rd District Judge Matthew Bates late Friday afternoon said that ... the court’s decision and plans to appeal to the Utah Supreme Court. They say Menzies cannot understand ...
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Utah judge rules a convicted killer with dementia is competent to be executed
SALT LAKE CITY — A convicted killer in Utah who developed dementia while ... is happening and why he is facing execution, Judge Matthew Bates wrote in a court order. “Menzies has not shown ...