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 ...

WEST JORDAN, Utah (ABC4) — The death row inmate scheduled to be executed in less than a month is running out of options. Today, Judge Matthew Bates issued an order denying Ralph Menzies’ petition to ...

An expert witness in a competency hearing Wednesday questioned the way competency is determined through courts, citing the changing nature of mental health symptoms. “It’s like a useless exercise,” ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — 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’ ...