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Show State Pardons Board ! Denies Appeal oi Manzione Slayers Verne Alfred Braasch, 25 and Melvin LeRoy Sullivan, 21, convicted con-victed murders of Howard (Duke) Manzione of Beaver and twice sentenced to die saw their string of appeals run out Wednesday, and sentencing date of the pair will have to be reset. The Utah Board of Pardons refused re-fused clemency for the men and refused to commute the death sentences. Both men had been originally sentenced to face the firing squad on Feb. 21, 1950. An appeal postponed post-poned the execution, and they were later sentenced to die on Aug. 21. A reprieve had been granted pending the outcome of yesterday's hearing. |