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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 who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to ...
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 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 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 ...
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 ...
Tribune editorial: Utah should find another judge like John Pearce to serve on state Supreme Court
Pearce’s decision to retire — to, in his words, ‘find new ways to serve the people of Utah’ — demonstrates anything but ...
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Utah attorneys sanctioned by appeals court for using AI to write legal brief
Two Utah attorneys were sanctioned after submitting a petition that cited imaginary and incorrectly applied cases — thanks to ...
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Utah judge rules convicted killer with dementia is competent to be executed
SALT LAKE CITY — A convicted killer in Utah who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to be executed, a state judge has ruled. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67 ...
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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 murderer diagnosed with dementia on death row is competent enough to be executed. A trial court sentenced Ralph Leroy Menzies to death in 1988 ...
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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 judge ruled late Friday. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, was sentenced to die ...
Utah judge rules death row inmate Ralph Menzies competent to be executed
A Utah judge has ruled that death row inmate Ralph Menzies is competent to be executed, despite medical evidence showing he ...