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Unlike other recent commutation hearings, it’s not likely that the state parole board will hear directly from the death row ...
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole (BOP) is granting Ralph Menzies a commutation hearing following a petition filed by his ...
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole has granted Ralph Menzies a commutation hearing ahead of the death row inmate’s Sept. 5 ...
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole will hold a hearing to determine if death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies' sentence ...
A commutation is a legal process that reduces a criminal sentence without overturning the conviction, often granted for reasons of fairness, rehabilitation, or humanitarian considerations.
Prosecutors have filed their response to death row inmate Ralph Menzies' request for his sentence to be changed to life ...
A commutation of sentence "reduces a sentence, either totally or partially, that is then being served, but it does not change the fact of conviction, imply innocence, or remove civil disabilities ...
A commutation does not erase a conviction, nor does it restore rights lost — such as the right to vote — when a person becomes a convicted felon. What does it mean to pardon someone?
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole is granting a commutation hearing to convicted murderer Ralph Menzies, who is scheduled ...