Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Death row inmate Ralph Menzies appears in court on Wednesday where 3rd District Judge Matthew Bates signed an execution warrant, ...

Ralph Menzies speaks with his attorney in a West Jordan courtroom on July 9, 2025, just after 3rd District Judge Matthew Bates signed a death warrant ordering that the inmate be executed by firing ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Judge Matthew Bates has denied a new mental competency evaluation for Ralph Menzies, allowing his execution by firing squad to go forward. Menzies' defense team asked for the ...

Utah has scheduled an inmate's execution by firing squad in September despite arguments from his attorneys that his dementia is severe enough that he won't understand why he's being killed. Utah's 3rd ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The competency hearing for death row inmate Ralph Menzies was scheduled for December. Judge Matthew Bates scheduled the hearing for December 9-12 after defense attorneys argued ...

Death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies will not be granted another competency hearing. On Thursday, 3rd District Judge Matthew Bates denied the latest petition by Menzies’ attorneys to take another look ...