Utah死囚Ralph Menzies患有痴呆症,等待行刑队处决。 Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies, suffering from dementia, awaits possible execution by firing squad.

9月5日,犹他州一位患有血管痴呆症的死囚Ralph Menzies面临行刑队处决。 Ralph Menzies, a death row inmate in Utah with vascular dementia, faces execution by firing squad on September 5. 他的律师以他患有绝症和在监狱中表现良好为由,主张宽大处理。 His attorneys argue for clemency, citing his terminal illness and good behavior in prison. 犹他州赦免和假释委员会从未对死刑减刑,它听取了门西斯的律师和Hunsaker家族的论点,他们的亲属于1986年被门西斯杀害。 The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, which has never commuted a death sentence, heard arguments from Menzies' lawyers and the Hunsaker family, whose relative was murdered in 1986 by Menzies. 董事会将决定是否允许处决他或判处不得假释的无期徒刑。 The board will decide whether to allow him to be executed or to impose a life sentence without parole.