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Jennifer Herron opposes Ralph Leroy Menzies' execution despite him murdering her birth mother.

Herron, adopted at birth, learned of her connection to the victim at age 16.

Speakers at Saint Vincent de Paul Church oppose the death penalty's cycle of violence.

HOLLADAY — One of Jennifer Herron's first memories from her childhood was when she was 9 and she watched the news on the day Maurine Hunsaker's body was found.

"I did not understand why at the time, but my adoptive mom sat me down in front of the TV to watch the news coverage of the murder," she said.

Several years later, when Herron turned 16, she learned that Hunsaker was actually her birth mother who had given Jennifer up for adoption at birth.

"There was a time I thought I hate

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