New appeal denied: Is Utah inmate Ron Lafferty months away from a firing squad?

Death row inmate Ron Lafferty in 2011.Utah Department of CorrectionsRon Yengich, left, works with his client Ron Lafferty in 4th District Court in Provo on Sept. 25, 2002.Stuart Johnson, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — The man convicted of committing one of Utah's most infamous double murders has lost his latest round of appeals, putting him another step closer to a firing squad execution.Ronald Lafferty, 78, was seeking a certificate that would allow him to make an appeal to another court. O