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 ...

Ralph Menzies sits is brought in for his competency hearing on Nov. 18, 2024. A 3rd District judge ruled Friday that Menzies is competent to be executed despite suffering from dementia.

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 ruled late Friday ...