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Menzies’ attorneys say terminal illness and good behavior are reasons to spare him from firing squad
With his execution approaching, attorneys for death row inmate Ralph Menzies made what could be one of their final pleas for mercy on Wednesday, telling the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole that their client is already dying from a terminal illness. The board, Menzies’ attorneys said, should let the illness run its course, rather than end his life with a firing squad. “He’s confined to a wheelchair. He cannot walk more than a few steps without a walker. He’s tethered to an oxygen tank. He’s not presently, and will never be in the future, a threat to other inmates, prison ...
