犹他州法官裁定,患有痴呆症的67岁的死囚有权执行死刑。 Utah judge rules that 67-year-old death row inmate with dementia is competent for execution.

一名犹他州法官裁定,67岁的Ralph Leroy Menzies因谋杀Maurine Hunsaker而自1988年以来一直在死囚牢房中,患有痴呆症的被定罪杀人犯Ralph Leroy Menzies,67岁,有资格被处决。 A Utah judge has ruled that Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, a convicted killer with dementia who has been on death row since 1988 for the murder of Maurine Hunsaker, is competent to be executed. 尽管Matthew Bates法官的认知能力下降,但法官发现Menzies始终理解他的情况。 Despite his cognitive decline, Judge Matthew Bates found that Menzies consistently understands his situation. Menzies选择了行刑队作为处决方法。 Menzies chose a firing squad as his execution method. 他的律师计划提出上诉,辩称他患有痴呆症,使他无法理解他的处决。 His lawyers plan to appeal, arguing his dementia prevents him from understanding his execution.