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

A Utah judge has set an execution date for a man with dementia who has spent 37 years on death row, despite lawyers’ appeals arguing his worsening condition. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is scheduled for execution on 5 September for the 1986 abduction and murder of Utah mother-of-three Maurine Hunsaker.

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed on Sept. 5, but his lawyers say his deteriorating mental state, caused by dementia, is reason to reconsider his punishment.