犹他州法官于9月5日为67岁的患有痴呆症的Ralph Menzies确定了处决日期。 Utah judge sets execution date for 67-year-old Ralph Menzies with dementia on September 5th.

一位犹他州法官已经为67岁的痴呆老人Ralph Leroy Menzies定下9月5日的处决日期。 A Utah judge has set the execution date for Ralph Leroy Menzies, a 67-year-old man with dementia, for September 5th. Menzies于1988年因1986年绑架和杀害Utah母亲Maurine Hunsaker而被定罪。 Menzies was convicted in 1988 for the abduction and killing of Utah mother Maurine Hunsaker in 1986. 尽管Matthew Bates法官严重痴呆,律师要求重新评估他的能力,但裁定Menzies理解处决他的原因。 Despite his severe dementia and his lawyers' petitions for a competency reassessment, Judge Matthew Bates ruled that Menzies understands the reason for his execution. Menzies选择被行刑队处决,使他成为自1977年以来以这种方式处决的第六名美国囚犯。 Menzies chose to be executed by firing squad, making him the sixth U.S. prisoner to be executed this way since 1977. 预定于7月23日举行听证会,评估他的胜任能力请愿书。 A hearing to evaluate his competency petition is scheduled for July 23.