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A state evaluator says Ralph Menzies is too ill with dementia to be executed
One of several reports prepared for a Utah judge draws a conclusion that convicted killer Ralph Menzies is “not competent to be executed” for the 1986 murder of Maurine Hunsaker. The finding doesn’t definitively answer the question of whether Menzies, 67, will be put to death for the crime. The judge will make a determination on legal competency after a court hearing expected to last several days next month. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a person cannot be put to death without a rational understanding of the reason for the penalty, saying that would amount to cruel and unusual ...
