According to the facts of the case, I belive Clifford Boggess' execution was justified. He brutally murdered two innocent men simply for their cash. Although he went under somewhat of a transformation through Christianity, I did not see a change in him. He showed little to no remorse for the murders and said he wasn't after the family's forgiveness. If I were to murder someone, I would have remorse and not just hide behind my faith. Also, his newfound faith can't be the reason that keeps him from being exectued. Boggess took two lives and for taht he owes his life.
Boggess's conversion to Christianity was legitimate but it doesn't change the fact that he is a murderer. He used his religion to make it seem like he is a changed man when truly he is not. If he was a true Christian he wouldn't have taken two lives from this Earth for a small amount of money.
I think Boggess went under a very slight change on Death Row and that was simply accepting his fate and learning how to live with it. He felt little to no remorse for his crime and didn't care about the families of the men that he killed. Clifford Boggess's conversion was somewhat of a cover up and his crimes were too great to consider anything but an execution.
In my debate I was a prosecuting attorney against Lesley Gosches. I did not know that he was sent to the chamber twice and I couldn't imagine what he went through. This is a case of psychological cruelty. One Lesley accepted that he was going to die and was at peace, he is given more time. This would take a large enough toll if it happened once but twice can be very psycholigically destructive. I believe that America should continue using capital punishment as a means to deter other crimes. However, to be sentenced to death, there must be substantial evidence and or the defendent admitting that he was the murderer.
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