The family of Maurine Hunsaker says they are still fighting for justice, as the court has ordered a competency hearing before the execution of her killer Ralph Menzies is to proceed.
Maurine Hunsaker was murdered in 1986. Ralph Menzies, convicted of her murder in 1988, has exhausted his appeals and the state is seeking his execution. The court has ordered a competency hearing. Read more.
Maurine Hunsaker was murdered in 1986. Ralph Menzies, convicted of her murder in 1988, has exhausted his appeals and the state is seeking his execution. The court has ordered a competency hearing. Read more.
A Utah judge granted a stay in Ralph Menzies case on Tuesday to allow for an evaluation into his competency after his attorneys claimed he has developed dementia.
Ralph Menzies has been on Utah’s death row for more than 35 years. A judge scheduled a hearing in February to decide whether he will be executed by firing squad, but it's now on hold over claims of mental incompetency.