A Utah judge decides if dementia-stricken Ralph Menzies can be executed for a 1988 murder.

A Utah judge will decide if Ralph Leroy Menzies, sentenced to death in 1988 for murdering Maurine Hunsaker, can be executed despite severe dementia. Menzies' lawyers argue his condition means he cannot understand his execution, while prosecutors disagree. The case could follow a 2019 Supreme Court ruling that blocked a dementia patient's execution due to cruel and unusual punishment concerns.