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The emotional family of Maurine Hunsaker urges execution of Ralph Menzies for closure.

Menzies' defense argues for mercy citing flawed testimony and his deteriorating health.

The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole to decide before Sept. 5 on death sentence commutation.

SALT LAKE CITY — The family of Maurine Hunsaker say they've been through hell for nearly 40 years, and it's time for justice to finally be served.

"If you don't sentence him to death, it'll be on all your heads. … He has been so brutal, not only to Maurine, but to me, my family and anybody else that has to put up with him," Maurine's widower, Michael "Jim" Hunsaker, told members of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole on Friday.

"You are not punishing him one day that he is here. Punish him. Sentence him to

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