A Chancery Court judge says the state must disconnect the heart defibrillator shortly before the inmate's August execution to avoid a prolonged death.

Judge grants Nashville death row inmate's request to disable heart device before execution Byron Black, 68, is set to be executed on Aug. 5 for triple murder.

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Lawyers for Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies filed a clemency petition to stop his execution by firing squad, citing issues with his mental competency.

The lawyers of a death row inmate set to die by gruelling execution method have objected due to a dementia diagnosis.

Ralph Menzies, a death row inmate who was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Maurine Hunsaker in 1986, is set to appear in court on Wednesday.

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in 1986.

Foster has been on death row since 1998. Joshua Nelson was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Cape Coral teen Tommy Owens. Nelson was placed on death row in 1996.

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Attorneys for the death row inmate have filed another petition asking the court to evaluate his competency, saying his health has again deteriorated and he shouldn't be executed.