The Execution | FRONTLINE | PBS | Clifford Boggess | VHS
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- The Story: Alan Austin's Notebook on The Execution
In 1995, we set out to do a story about Capital Punishment -- a macro-examination of an execution's effect on all who take part in it or have a stake in it. What happens to the warden and the guards who feed and tend the man only to send him off to die? What happens to the chaplain whose job is to minister to terrified people that the chaplain's own institution is killing? To the relatives of the man's victims -- do they gain some comfort or "closure" by the death of the murderer? To the relatives of the murderer -- is their grief or agony a fair price to pay for it all? Above all, we would get to know the condemned man, learn everything we could about him and his crimes, and record what happens to him as he sees his death approaching. Most Americans have made it clear that they favor the Death Penalty. But support or opposition to it seems based largely on abstract arguments and slogans about crime and punishment. What if the whole process were to be given human faces at close range? Might it have an affect on our opinions about Capital Punishment?
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What a total slap to the family members when he shows a photograph
of a tombstone of one of his victims..But to him it’s a trophy owning
that photo. Sick…🤮🤮🤮
Totally agree with that. Absolutely should *not be allowed.*
He's laughing up his sleeve, having that in his collection of "precious memories." What a total bast*rd.
@@rubytuesday5412 Agreed…🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Someone should have called the Warden and protested about that. Total disrespect and it is a trophy. Its disgusting.
@@cathyt144 Total psycho. Mental. I feel bad for the victims family.
i never thought of that oh he disgusting those poor relatives that should been taken away from him.........................
The way that old man's brother tried to stifle his tears. Just heartbreaking
Maren how could I find your case
That poor old man still crying over losing his brother after all this time breaks my 💜. RIP May God bless you.
Mother of God
I know. I cried over that. I felt so sorry for that poor man..bless his heart
My thoughts too ! Made me want to cry for the this older man who loved his brother so much and wanted some relief to make things right. I certainly enjoyed this. My condolences to the family and friends this man killed. Two men brutally murdered by this man who could talk about it so freely as if it was a normal thing to do. Taking a life….
@gailmattingly9604 ME too it makes me miss my brother so much
I hate all this fake Christian commentary. Would Christ approve of the death penalty or would your false prophet southern mega church approve
Wow. After watching this, I'm reminded of how good TV actually was when the adults were still in charge. Kudos to the reporter... a real pro. Thanks for sharing.
czcams.com/video/-0d2LTrmy_A/video.html another excellent documentary by the same people and reporter (Al Austin)
So true; no agenda, lots of facts.
Couldn't agree more brother, "When the adults were still in charge" you said it.
Todays reporter - "Mr. Boggess... Please tell us why Donald Trump convinced you to do these horrible things."
I agree 👍
A gifted journalist. This is the best story about the death penalty I’ve ever seen. We see that psychopaths rarely have remorse for their evil deeds. Like a malignant cancerous tumor, the narcissism continues to grow.
If they truly repented and asked God to forgive them they would be saved but you wonder how many of them actually do that.
Check out the Wander Jean story. It's just as rivetting
"Psychopaths rarely have remorse" Yeah.. That's exactly how Antisocial Personality Disorder (psychopathy) works. That's the disease. They're literally incapable of having empathy or remorse. That part of their brain is broken.
That's kinda like saying "These depressed people are rarely happy". Lol
@@Daash27’The Execution of Wanda Jean’, made by Liz Garbus and Rory Kennedy is a STELLAR piece of work!
Perhaps even riveting!
Love & Light from Miami Shores🦚
Stay safe mate✌🏼🌎
Have a care for one another✨🌿
Agree. For them, finding religion and gaining the attention of journalists and anti-death penalty activists becomes their new juice. But they never really feel remorse. Their executions garner more attention than most people will ever have when they pass. But they do face a reckoning, ultimately.
"The second murder occurred..." No, it did not "occur." You COMMITTED a second murder.
So he was right the first time "the second murder occurred"!
seeing that old man cry over his murdered brother really hits home.
Frontline is the gold standard for all documentary film-making.
I now know I will never watch another "documentel" about death row people. I refuse to purchase the pathetic sympathy that they try to sell us that these people do not deserve. ( I can relate to the victims family members so I understand that was needed )
Showing this man mercy, robs the victims and families of justice.
Nothing they would have done to him would have really helped i doubt.
_When her efforts don't satisfy him, he takes her off his list._
Speaks volumes about this "saved" man.
I had the opportunity to talk with the lady. She was very happy to be able to tell me that she was not satisfied at all with the way, this documentary portrayed her and the situation. That it had been differently. Another example that this film is not accurate in each and every way.
You clowns can't mistreat and psycho analyze people like that. And make false diagnosis. You have no merits. You are not medical professionals
I seen that......good observation..
I find it quite amusing how it took death row for him to… "so called, Find Jesus!"
Not! 😂
@@justjonni9330 Some people really do but if he's a sociopath than it's not likely.
You just can't beat Frontline, I love the way it comes on, the way it presents its content, and the announcer. :-)
Same people, different documentary that you will find very interesting. czcams.com/video/-0d2LTrmy_A/video.html
I thought I was the only one that like the beginning to Frontline. Isn't it cool?
@@thatguyjimmie Indeed it is, thatguy!! :-)
That girlfriend wasn't as innocent as she wants us to believe. She did not need to tell Boggess about Hazelwood. But she did. Handed the elderly man on a silver platter to a man she already knew had just murdered another elderly man.
She's not innocent at all.
It doesn't take a Body language expert to tell Clifford has no remorse for his crimes
He is a monster!!!!!!!
Agree no remorse at all he took great delight in what he did. He didn't even cry one tear for what he did.
The man who did this documentary surely you saw how cold and calculated this murderers man was.
American justice surely is wrong in letting him pick his own execution dad, once again he won what a disgrace
@@lesleyallinson8738 I agree. It is wrong to let him pick his own execution *dad* 😳
He was an extremely *murderers* man.
Yep he still thought in his empty head that he was in control. Also the religion only comes when they are caught and to be executed, all part of the act. Just look how he thanked his old friends, they were just pawns in his game also.
Yet another mind-reader on CZcams. If I could read minds I certainly wouldn't be wasting time analysing dead people on CZcams. Tell me, as a member of YAP (CZcams Armchair Psychologists), does it ever cross your mind that when someone is thrown in prison - onto Death Row no less - and has to live with the consequences of their actions EVERY ... SINGLE ... DAY, for years and years and years, surrounded by murderers, that it might have an impact on how they feel about the crime they committed, and how that might come across on video?
All his proceeds up until his death should go to help victims. And that should be his wish as well if he truly felt remorse for the crimes or the families of the victims.
Clifford is only concerned about himself, he said he will take the proceeds and be cremated and wants to be sprinkled in a grand way in Fance . He still sees himself as a special human !!! He is disgusting. As he said he is " going willingly " . He enjoyed being the " savoir " to the murdered family with Bible versed. Narcissistic behavior till the end. I enjoyed this program but at the same time I am mad at myself because he LOVED this platform. He gets so much enjoyment reliving the heinous crimes and the hurt and torture he is still controlling on the victims families and loved one.
You are absolutely correct!!
@@pamelajefferies3197 I am Pamela Indo. My beloved husband, John, died about 3 years ago. I agree with everything that you said about Clifford.
ALL my sympathy goes to the victims and their families, loved ones, and friends. None of my sympathies go to the perpetrators/murderers! I am Pam Indo, not John Indo.
Clifford seems flip and shallow every time his mouth flaps open!!!
It's heartbreaking to see a 95 year old man cry. Especially when he's having to relive the very moment he saw his murdered brother. Damn heartbreaking 💔😭!!!!
Frontline has consistently been the leader in documentaries for years. No one touches their level of story telling. It’s easy to see why gullible or positive people could believe cliff in his proclamations of change but I see through it. He’s a master manipulator, a psychopath. I think he put the picture of the headstone in his album to relive what he did and it’s wild to me that he was allowed to have that.
I agree with your opinion about Frontline. Always have been excellent documentaries. I am against the death penalty. When I was younger (in my twenties) I was a strong supporter of the death penalty. Then life happened to me and I did research on the death penalty. I changed my opinion completely.
"If you kill this man, you kill the little boy that made this hand print."
Smh
That's a dirty ass, manipulative move by the defense attorney
I think that public defender is full of complete CRAP!! THE BOY WHO MADE THAT HAND PRINT, SURELY WASN'T THAT LITTLE BOY WHEN HE DECIDED TO END THOSE TWO INNOCENT ELDERLY GENTLEMEN'S LIVES... CAN'T COMPARE THE TWO!! THE DAY THAT MAN DECIDED TO MURDER WAS THE DAY THAT LITTLE BOY DIED!!😠
its also true
Yeah I agree. But it’s really all he had. Obviously it didn’t work so that’s good.
@@discipleG3101 god? never questioned? what alternate reality do you live in?
That was the weakest defense I ever heard. No one would buy that load of crap. Lmao
Interesting, he said things like: I know it sounds horrible, I was shocked ... He doesn't know or feel anything. He knows it sounds horrible to us and he is fascinated not shocked. Good that he's gone!
That man’s 95 year old brother crying is heartbreaking.
ok
I don't know about the death penalty cause what if they were innocent?
@@tamitribianni1425
You saw the film?
In which second did you get the feeling that demon was innocent?
Phildo, I feel lke you. He tozches me most. I know that men don't fo it. But I would have held him in my arms. Poor soul, what did that beast to you!
It's Amazing to watch this 97 year old gentleman walk straight talk and reflect like a young man
God Bless Him and the other family 🙏🙏🙏.
I'm sorry there are No words for the killer.
You have my sincere sympathy as your life must be tough what with having a low IQ.
If I drive a friend to the corner store to buy milk, and while he’s there he robs the store and kills the attendant, even if I knew nothing about his intentions, I could be charged along with my friend. Why that woman who gave him the name of the second victim didn’t get charged with his murder is beyond me. Without her information that gentleman would still be alive!
In the example you gave you would not be charged.
I wondered about Her too. She spoke a name. That Man is dead. Some Prison time would have been very good for her.
You ever heard of immunity? Well let me learn you a few things about it and law. The d.a. needed her testimony to get a solid conviction on Clifford to seal the deal for the death penalty which the victims families wanted. If she didn't testify Clifford would've received 2 life sentences instead. So they let her testify and let her go. I'll tell you the truth about courtrooms. It's just a bunch of egotistical sophisticated dummies practicing law there's never any real justice being performed in any courtroom in America. Hope this helps may peace be with you all.
@@nojusticejustus2912 I should have known that. Going through it now with a couple of demonic creeps that lured my cousin to his death. All captured on their own security cameras. Slam dunk case the prosecutor said. ( these idiots thought they turned off their security cameras but shut off their Wi-Fi by mistake ) one conspirator is already out on parole, fighting to put the other two away for at least 30 years. Its an uphill battle for justice and I'm disgusted along with the rest of my family.
@@skipwaldent8465 I'm sorry I dealt with it aswell. My brother was gunned down. The man shot him and dropped the gun and ran off, a few other people there picked the gun up and shot him 9 more times. Only one arrested and convicted. Even though witness testimony says clearly my brother was still alive after the first shot their lawyers claimed they were shooting into a dead body. Money was passed around the only one convicted recieved 15 years. Gotta love miami-dade county courthouse. Again may peace be with you. It's almost as if they want us to deliver true justice so they get more arrests more money etc..
He was manipulative, arrogant and self righteous to the end. I generally do not support the death penalty but the more I listen to his mouth the better I feel that he was executed. I love how he was disgusted by being buried in the prison cemetery; as far as I'm concerned his ashes should have been flushed down a toilet.
Thank you for proving by example the fact that this penalty is meted out for purely arbitrary reasons - you’re against it ‘generally’ but because you have found good reason to detest him, the death penalty is OK with you. And isn’t that exactly the problem, why not just call it what it is: revenge? If you study the legal justice system you will find that the concept of revenge does not appear. We are supposed to be better than that …
100% 'so dam manipulative, iv met ppl like him n they even look a lil similar
not an ounce of sympathy...no more 3 squares a day thanks to the taxpayer
He also really enjoys telling the story of his crimes. It’s like he’s inspired by his own horrible deeds. He’s disgusting.
@@localfan8174 Just like the BTK killer.
So sad to see the murderer get the chance to plan his last days and make all the necessary arrangements for his funeral. But those two poor old men didn't even get the chance to give their love ones a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek with tears in the eyes but still appreciating that moments.
I get where you're coming from but would you rather have your killer in prison where it's like being on the streets.. Access to drugs, female guards willing to have sex. Eating good food. Watching cable. Or make him pay for the life he took with his life..
I look at it this way. If you think sitting in a tiny cell, with someone else, having zero control, zero future, zero to think about but your shitty life and your guilt FOR YEARS, is some sort of “escape” from consequences you’d have to be in a coma. Imagine being that guy. KNOWING that one day, you’ll be literally PUT DOWN….that in and of itself is mentally torturous. The people he killed at least had adrenaline pumping to dull pain. What he did to them is horrific. They certainly didn’t deserve that.
But if I had to pick a way to die, I’d rather it be that way than be put down by the State, like some animal. Those people met death knowing they were innocent. Imagine going to death KNOWING you’re NOT. Now that’s gotta be FEAR.
@@stevenrios713it’s quite obvious you’ve never been in prison.
@@drummerboy1390 don't speak on shit you don't know..I did 2 yr tdcj..I was selling cigarettes and I had a guard bring me weed in. I worked in the kitchen so I was eating good and making money off selling food from the kitchen.. paid for my tattoos by bringing burger patties or chicken patties from the kitchen.. I made money by giving dudes extra food during chow...I wanted my freedom but I made the best out of a bad situation...so if someone killed my loved one..I wouldn't want them to be in prison doing what I did..I would want them punished..so killing them would be best..it's justice for taking a life
Yes, he was given years to change his life and come to terms with his crimes (if he did). As someone in the video said their relative didn't have that chance.
This guy *still* takes some level of pride in the horrible things he did. You can hear it in his voice and see it in his mannerisms.
Yes, he sure isn’t sorry, he deserves to be where he is.
@@juliesprik9479: I don’t believe in the death penalty. But keeping these dangerous weirdos off the streets? ABSOLUTELY! They shouldn’t have access or opportunity to harm anyone else, including other inmates.
The creepiest thing about this man is his half smile as he talks. He gives me the chills.
It's not as if the victims and perpetrator were "evenly" "matched"- like in a cage fight.
That smile is called dupers delight.
@@cherokeegirl5908
He was such a horrible, unlikable character .
No redeeming qualities at all, imo .
Although I never had any interaction with a Bonafide murderer myself, I met many felons on the outside who "converted to Jesus" before getting out. With most of them there was always something different about them I couldn't put my finger on so trust your intuitions I say.
He was a very great man. He wasn't judgemental at all unlike other people. He had a lot of compassion and empathy and helped me a lot when I was in prison I got to talk and engage him. He taught me a lot. It's hard for me to talk and articulate myself due to my medical condition but it's as if it didn't matter with him
The live in woman that gave him the name of his second victim should have gotten something as well.
Yup
I thought that myself, theres no doubt someone was going to get it but it was down to her who the second victim was.
@@garystragar2490 💯
She could have prevented the second murder 🙁
I think she got off because she testified against him so there may have been a deal there
The granddaughter is so right, he's the one on death row and yet he's preaching to HER. The nerve... sad how they are void of empathy/feelings/conscience...
Disgusting how anyone would befriend these monsters and be 'penpals', doing him favours, selling their art, even scattering their ashes where they requested... those ashes should just go down the toilet.
For that woman who wasted ink on this psychopath, coming all the way from Germany gotta make ya wonder how many screws lose she had! She was right fit for his manipulation!
I feel the same way. This dude thinks he is something special. He is trash and needs to be discarded.
Christianity makes even the worst people feel superior.
Yes. This is the kind of preaching Chris Watts thinks he is going to do once he "gets out of prison." He actually thinks that.
You sound very similar, read your own post!
Huntsville prison inmate Brian Price was the chef who prepared Cliffords last meal. He prepared 189 last meals during his 15 year sentence. He published a book called meals to die for. Its a very interesting read as he recalls every meal, and every inmate he served
Thanks for the suggestion I would love his book
If someone feels genuinely guilty then they wouldn’t appeal
The producers really try to ying and yang with your heartstrings, but I could not get past the brutal way he murdered that defenseless old man. Cliff got what he deserved.
Really???
@@brandonbelongstocharlottef1798 Yes really
@@brandonbelongstocharlottef1798 Yup, he got the medicine that he needed to cure him.
@@brandonbelongstocharlottef1798 Absolutely. Not even up for debate.
PBS is a lefty network. Always making excuses for crime.
"Mechanical and detached". That pretty much says it all. This story just validates my support of the death penalty. So long as brutal murder continues to exist, so should execution.
THANK YOU !!!!!
Unless if they are treated like a prisoner in that prison in Russia called black dolphin. Then they can live there for the rest of their lives.
It just shouldn’t take so long!
@@sharosmith Agreed!
Killer🤮
Capital Punishment is absolutely necessary in many cases. It should be carried out in less than 6 months.
Then most of 186 since 1973 in the US exonerated death row prisoners would have been executed, although being wrongfully convicted...
@@gabriele_uhl you seem to have misunderstood my comment. I said ‘Many Cases’ not All.
There are over 1000 prisoners on Death Row who have admitted, been witnessed, or found to have undeniable evidence against them.
Look up Mitchell Rupe, Washington State. Bank Robbery, Murder. Sentenced to be executed. Kept alive and well fed, fed so well he became obese and ineligible to His choice of execution via Hanging. He admitted to killing 2 women Bank tellers, shooting them in the face, convicted as guilty receiving a death sentence. There were zero chances of him being exonerated and he was allowed to excessively eat until he became too heavy to hang. I don’t care if his head and body would have separated from hanging. He 100 % deserved to be hung. He eventually died in Prison of Liver Disease.
If he is so remorseful, why did he fight his execution so hard? He is Satan's pawn.
Because he didn’t want to die
His hypocrisy only goes so far. If he were truly sorry for what he did he would never appeal the courts for release. He would offer to inject the drugs himself that removed him from this planet.
@@cathyt144 based on what? That’s just your opinion and not a fact 😂
@@whoknows2054 no, I don’t believe in the death penalty.I won’t change that
@David Wadsworth surely you mean Satan’s spawn not “pawn!”
Killers belly aching about being put to death. Priceless.
Im sure he didnt give his victims a chance to plead for their lives.
@@cathyt144 Or maybe he did but no 'Stay" was granted-
If I were in their shoes and was guilty of murder I think I would not appeal, I would just want to move on. No one is gonna forgive you anyway... just saying
And morons defending him. Unbelievable. They should all be put in a room alone with him
Great family
I'm impressed that Collier's 95-year-old brother was driving!
Wow.... what an amazing documentary...
Really well filmed and produced.
It poses more questions than answers..
You could see he enjoyed what he did to that older gentleman; I'm no expert but I saw his true feelings, his expressions gave it away he got excited for what he had done no remorse
@Donnell Okafor Just think of how many people are surrendered for adoption and grow- up and never, at any time in they're life come anywhere close to taking another person's life. He even said he loved his grandfather who raised him very much. He'd had a chance to get out of that hell he was born into and have a different upbringing however he squandered it all.
Today with the takeover in our country increasingly of undercover criminal advocates, becoming "prosecutors" and judges there's no guarantee if somebody gets "life" that they won't be set free eventually.
With the rate this country's going increasingly there's no justice for victims by design thanks to the far left scum increasingly infested within our criminal justice systems.
@@frankpaya690 very true sir
@Donnell Okafor Wow! that's profound!
The superglue on his fingers gives it away he had been planning this for awhile. His car breaking down was just his excuse.
@Donnell Okafor Ure right. Everything have turn sh*** in each and every single possible way
Have the death penalty or don’t but if you have it do it quickly after the sentence is given.
This business of 20 years of appeals is a joke.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Nah. Just don’t have it period.
@Hoblem and that is the one and only reason that's needed to abolish the death penalty... only north Korea Saudi Arabia China and America have the death penalty.. im pretty sure that's true.
Right, I don’t understand why they wait so long. Doesn’t it cost more to keep them alive? Just kill them.
I totally agree with your comment.
@@michaeltuffin5002 Pretty sure is equal to being kinda pregnant. 😳🤣
The death penalty is legal in 55 countries
(Per Google)
One thing I don't understand are the people that are against the death penalty are ok with killing an innocent unborn baby.
That woman must feel horrible every day because she told this man to target that poor old man in his store. She has to live with that guilt.
She's aged heaps
Seems a bit strange to me. Out here, you have people that have never committed any crime, trying to live an honest life, yet really struggle to stay warm / keep a roof over their heads etc. What a strange world we live in?
And homeless war veterans that are homeless.
A friend of mine brother was murdered. His killer was put to death Georgia. My friend said she didn't feel any different once the man was executed. She said.."my brother is still gone".
Maybe knowing that he will for sure never get out of jail .
It doesn’t matter indeed.
True, but the taxpayers are no longer paying for feeding, clothing, and free lifetime medical services for a murderer .
She’s right. The people that are gone will never come back. We have to try to live a good life for them.
Inmates should be doing labor building infrastructure.. not sitting around doing nothing.
Yeah there ya go take jobs away from good people raising families… you are Brilliant!! 🤪
His parents were wrong to abandon 4 year old Clifford when they divorced. Dropping him off at his grandparents house to live with them sent him a confusing, horrible message-I’m sure he perceived it as his parents no longer wanting or loving him.
Did his victims get 20 years to try to appeal their deaths
Well usa doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to imprison innocent people. Or killing people.
The appeals process isn’t there to protect killers, it’s there to protect the innocent.
They didnt even get a minute.
Exactly
of course not, god apparently didnt forgive them and seal their position in heaven like he did with this guy
So sad phoebe could have saved that man, she knew what he was going to do.
I agree. She should be where he is.
“Faith isn’t faith until it’s all you’re holding onto” - replace the word ‘faith’ with ‘delusion’ and you’ve got an accurate description of religion.
The reason he had a photo of the tombstone wasn’t to keep him ‘humble’, it was a version of a memento/trophy.
As the survivor of a loved ones murder, a murder which resulted in the death penalty for the offender; I cannot support the death penalty. I know he deserves it,but that is not the point. I sat at this mans trial and watched his family cry, beg, and plead for this mans life. What right do I have to take him from them? I have no right, being wronged does not give the wronged person ;the right to do the same thing. And as a Christian, that is the bottom line for me, Jesus came to forgive and redeem. Killing is wrong, no matter how its done.
Well put, couldn't agree more. Sorry for your loss.
My most sincere and deepest respect!
Listening to Boggess talk about the murder of the store owner (second victim) is so chilling. Boggess tells the story in a cold, detatched manner and he is ice cold. WTF.
I found him mentioning his Grandfather in relation to that murder interesting. Their relationship might explain the overkill.
He probably does run much through the prefrontal. After all thats one thing psychopaths have in common. They are emotionally flat and don't have empathy. His perspective is the only thing that might be meaningful. Then only so because there is nothing left. He is cutting his family off. I wonder if he thinks its the only power he has. I dont think he is connected to himself and is only living a fictitious emotional life and has no idea what emotions feel like. He can only feign the emotions
He has no empathy.
@@brendagroff8478 agreed
I know people won’t believe it but there’s something to astrology. I guessed that this guy was Gemini and I was right. His cockiness, attitude of superiority over others and constant talking especially about himself as well as his dual personality are some of the traits of a dark Gemini. They are master deceivers, liars and manipulators and are known to be the most sociopathic sign. No offense to anyone.
Heartbreaking to listen to the utter destruction of this monster. the lives he took the pain he caused the agony he created. The death penalty was just in this case.
The electric chair, gallows, lethal injections, and firing squads should be going 24/7 throughout the world.
@TreeGrower yea but why should the tax payers keep paying for this garbage? Good riddance.
@TreeGrower and that's not true.. did you not see his cell? He was having an easier time than most homeless ppl. 3 hot meals.. a shower.. a warm bed.. someone to talk to.. I was in jail in 2019 and while it's not ideal it wasn't the absolute worst thing ever. One thing most death row inmates are asked is if they're scared to die and a lot say yes. There's nothing scary about routine. About watching tv. About eating breakfast. About laughing and chatting with other inmates.
@Anony Mouse Have any murder victims given you the authority to pardon their killers? It doesn't need to be a deterrent to be just.
What if it was a family member of yours in his place? Would you still be for the death penalty? Just for conversation I say this..
That change from extreme wickedness to rebirth of goodness is impossible with people but God is Almighty and has power to transform the impossible
"Stop The Executions" the crowd was chanting… *Until one of their own gets murdered!* facts💯
There are many relatives of murder victims who do not support the Death Penalty! Just check out for example "Journey of Hope ... From Violence to Healing". THAT'S a fact!
I still believe that the death sentence is necessary and in some cases should be mandatory. There are some people who need to exit this world for the safety and well being of society.
Lori and chad day bell for sure!
I have a few questions I ask that you consider. Before asking I want to assure you I am not soft of crime or criminals despite my beliefs regarding capital punishment. I'm actually pretty much a lock'm up and throw away the key type. I actually agree with you in believing the world would be a better place without particular individuals a part of it.
Okay, the questions:
1 Do you believe the prison system in this country has the ability to keep prisoners behind bars, walls and high fences?
2. Did you know capital punishment has never been proven a deterrent.?
3. What's the difference between retribution and justice?
4. Did you know that roughly 1,700 condemned prisoners have been executed since the Supreme Courts outlawing of executions was reversed in 1976? and did you know roughly 170 condemned people since 1976 have had their convictions reversed because advances in technology proved they could not have committed the crime?
5. Are you willing to accept knowing that for every ten condemned criminals one is likely looking to be murdered by the state because he or she was wrongfully convicted?
6, How do we correct possible mistakes made after the death sentence has been carried out?
7. Is your blood lust so great you are willing to play a role, albeit a small role, in the murder of an innocent person?
8. Do you believe justice in this country is a bought and sold commodity? That the wealthy experience our justice system differently than those without the same resources? Does this happen?
I know what my answers are. I'm curious what yours might be.
@@misterdeeds2172 At first I really thought that you were interested in the answers to your questions and what the answers would be. However when you made "statements of facts" that are in fact not true, then you become the standard left wing idiot. So in answer to some of your questions that do not presuppose a bunch of crap:
No, I do not believe that our prisons keep people out of society and the rates of recidivism are astronomical which means people were out on the streets again.
Most people in prison claim that they are innocent and especially to soft hearted people who they can manipulate. The answers that you find between inmates tend to be more honest and the numbers of " innocent" prisoners is not anywhere close to one in ten.
Do I know how many people have been put to death, why yes I do. Do you know how many people have been murdered by prisoners out on parole or probation or pardons?
If you wanted a real conversation then that would be reasonable but you don't and you mouth the same old lines without knowing or searching for the true story.
Sadly people have such lust for revenge they aren't concerned about the few innocent people who might get executed. Fortunately these people are aging and dying off and younger people like myself are adamantly against the death penalty and more and more states are banning capital punishment.
@@misterdeeds2172 Let me tell you this. These people are psychopats and sociopats. Why do you think they appeal? They are scarred. But they are not scarred they will die, they are scarred they lost. It puts them down. When they killed their victims they had their lives in their hands. This gave them a special feeling they are something more and they can decide whether someone lives or dies. If they get life long sentence they still have hope they will get out. Watch how so many of them say the state is going to kill them. Yes technically. They killed themselves at the time they commited their crime they just thought they would get away with that. Execution brings the end and they know they cannot manipulate anyone anymore, they know they lost the game and they know they will be forgotten. Death penalty will never reduce crime. Just knowing they want so desperately live is showing you how sick and coward they are. About innocent people being executed. Yes unfortunately it happened but these days they are in prison for more than 20 years till they get the time of their execution. They have their rights to appeal. The death sentence is an efficient punishment for these criminals.
You can’t change a sociopath - someone who can do that to another person. I’m against the death penalty, but can certainly see why others are for it. As long as it’s legal - well, he made his bed and he’s gone now. He exited this world in a lot more pleasant a manner than did his victims.I appreciate Frontline not taking sides. It’s rare in these times.
If it were your mama,dad,or child that was sliced up like a melon im sure you would feel different.
@@cathyt144 I am the victim of a violent crime (gun shot), and I’m told I’m lucky to have survived. Still, killing people doesn’t stop people from killing people. So why do it? Because you like killing? You DO know that makes you just as bad as this killer, right? Or are you too short sighted to see that this killer: he IS you. And you are him. You both lust for blood. You both have your reasons, but that doesn’t make you better than him. No, you ARE him.
@Donnell Okafor True that. He should’ve been spending time paying back society somehow. Not “scratching his creative itch” - like he was on some kind of extended holiday.
@Donnell Okafor Thou shall not kill means just that. Killing this man brought no one back from the dead. It only made even more killers. If we aren’t careful as a nation, we won’t have anyone left who isn’t a killer.
@Donnell Okafor Jesus doesn’t say “you can kill some people” - murder is against God’s law. And we a nation founded on the Judeau-Christian ethic. Murder is wrong. Always. Tell that to the people who are put to death that were innocent.
Clifford doesn't seem remorseful despite what he says his conversion. There doesn't seem to be any hint that he is really sorry, though again we don't know what's truly inside each person. Maybe he did get the forgiveness and mercy from God.
I hope he did!
These psychopaths are mentally ill. Not saying that justifies his actions, and he fully deserved his penalty, but unfortunately there’s no stopping them when they don’t have a conscience or any ability to feel empathy towards others. Thankfully he was turned in after 2 murders. He undoubtedly would have continued killing. The neglect and abuse of children will only continue the cycle of creating abusive and unstable people. This was an excellent program.
I can feel the hurt from that old man! Missing his brother and knowing what was done to him... So hurt and lonely..
I wonder how long he lived after his brother's killer was put down?
You know it's funny but I remember the killer's name but I've already forgotten the victim's names.
@@frankpaya690 True, & a real shame this happens.
The only names used in this type of documentary, should be the victims, & their families only.
@@frankpaya690 ...Frank and Jack Collier are the brothers names. The other man's name was Roy Hazelwood..
When I saw him breaking down I felt heartbroken for him 😥
@@texasgina I felt heartbroken for the old senior who had his head kicked in, his throat slashed and repeatedly stabbed. This psycho had a much easier and humane death compared to the old men he murdered and butchered.
Wow this is a very great documentary The journalists really did his homework and digging Clifford's family I'm very impressed I wish they were more like him
czcams.com/video/-0d2LTrmy_A/video.html The reporter and film crew also made this documentary and you'll find it very interesting.
I was in Texas prison fore 19 years, 9 months and 27 days. When they rebuilt the kitchen on Ellis one Unit I fed death row fore about 6 months. They didn't allow me to talk to these men on death row. But I got to see there faces. Very unnerving that your looking at a man that's going to die.
Every person you look at is going to die
This was riveting. Varying viewpoints were presented, allowing us to see the broad effects of violent crime and the devastation it brings.
He has completely nauseated me to a depth of revulsion it is rare for me to feel.
He doesn't even make top 10 killers
@@Limosethe It IS not the number OT IS him
@@a-jhartung627 Repeat that with better grammar/syntax?
@@Limosethe who cares about the grammar, when emotions speak better than words.
@@Rockyrockslost ehm, No? I can't understand your emotions when you can't type out a comment in a discernable manner
As a crime afficionado, I am noticing a chilling matter of fact tone, like Kemper had when discussing his crimes. I hope in the future that you would be able to take a drop of blood and predict the future of these mf killers.
You can, only it's an MRI. He is a psychopath/sociopath and they have a lack of activity in their brain's frontal lobe that you can see the lack of on an MRI. I, myself, wonder when society is going to spend more time and money trying to identify and manage or cure. One thing for sure is something needs to be done about them making all of us "feeling" human live's miserable!
@@sparks480v3 I think the powers that shouldn’t be don’t want to put an end to all the murders, especially of women. They have an agenda and as Satanists they hate the female gender. Narcissists hate females as well. Narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths operate like Satanists basically. They thrive on creating fear and , shame in their victim and are out to control their target. They have no empathy and want to destroy the target. They project blame and won’t take responsibility for their actions. They exist on lying to themselves and Eventually they believe their own lies and think in reverse. That’s where the projections come in. Satan worshippers do lots of things in reverse purposely though to achieve the desired outcome. I hope that makes some sense. It’s late and I’m going to bed.
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Great narration and emotive documentary by Alan Austin and production team.
Where can I watch more of these?
That Febby lady should have been locked up as well, it was her idea about the second man the Clifford killed
Yea I thought that too she gave him the information that the victim had money so in that sense yes
She didn't do anything wrong..... It's not against the law to talk about someone......
She killed him just as much as he did. If she hadn’t given his name he wouldn’t have died
@@kerra0096 She saved herself by telling on him.... She was scared of him...... He threatened to kill her as well and admitted to it..... Prosecution really didn't have a case against her.... but I get where you are coming from.
@@mattjones8254 She told on him because he killed the guy whose name She gave. Yeah she was scared only because she knew she named him and could point the finger and he knew that.
Excellent documentary. The haunting music..and the narration was first rate.
That was somewhere over the rainbow, that Judy Garland sang in The wizard of Oz.
The lady that says he's her best friend and even visited him on her honeymoon is just as mentally off as he is!
@@frankpaya690 Oh, really?? 🙄
95yo ..the brother of Clifford Collier, and he still sees his body bleeding to death...and still cries Everytime he thinks about what brutality was done to his brother by this monster!
I'm opposed to the death penalty, but, this guy was strikes me as a psychopath. My sense of the guy is that he was not genuinely rehabilitated. He was extremely bright and I feel like he knew that he should express remorse, but, it doesn't feel to me (for some reason) that he was a person really capable of remorse. And maybe I'm wrong, but, that's just my sense of the guy. He just too glib, and, kind of casual about the whole thing. When people commit these strange, senseless murders it's not enough to just scream that they're "evil" - the guy's screwed up psychologically, somehow. I don't think these murders were about the money. For whatever reason, the dude had a lot of anger...to put it mildly. My condolences to the victims and families. That's a helluva way to lose a loved one.
That picture of the victims head stone is just a trophy for him to relive his crime. Such a despicable thing!
I find it ironic that every monster I’ve seen is so afraid to die they do everything to avoid the death sentence but they sure as hell didn’t have any problems taking the lives in the most brutal matter. Cowards
and yet is CONVINCED they are "goin' to heaven" because they feel good about themselves now .
Should've ELECTROCUTED THE BASTARD and charged admission.🎯
Ida paid good dough for that front row seat quicker than a Floyd,Stones or Zeppelin concert.👍
Right, rest in hell killers!
They are sick and manipulative. They have no feelings at all. What drives them mad is the fact the game is over and they lost. So they are trying to grab an upper hand by being religious and thinking they will go to heaven. that will give them a sense of relieve and victory. I would electrocute them as well and they would have to practice going to a chamber and sitting on the chair once a week till they would have the final day.
They use their religion to justify themselves
As a person born in mid 80’s and getting to grow up watching mainly VHS I love the sound of tracking & popping now watching old shows recorded on VHS
Yeah the folks now will never hear those pops and crinkles on vhs. Brings back old memories.
The colour and sound is much more vivid than it is with digital.
I even miss having to tweak the tracking or having to completely open the VCR and clean out the heads.
RIP to the victims. This guy had no remorse. Not sure what happened to him or his life but he took two lives, his life was taken. Karma. ✌✌
He said he didn’t need the family’s forgiveness because he had God’s forgiveness. Monstrous. Great film, and Moonlight Sonata behind some of the footage was surreal. Kudos.
i agree with you, it was great music for the piece; i guess the price of fame for the Maestro; however (and this is my own peeve) i do wish that people would stop whoring out the music of Beethoven, whose music is divine.
I believe death row inmates should perish in the same method they extinguished their victims lives. An eye for an eye.
If they want to ,let the victims families take care of the matter. I'm sure they will do a bang up job!
95 grown man put through that, made me cry!
That was a good interview. I don't mind that he chose his birthday to die just as long as it was carried out. I'm kind of on the fence when it comes to the Death Penalty because there have been innocent people put to death , but then there are people like him that really deserve it.
This is a great documentary, the storytelling, music used, narration, the pace, etc.
But I think we need to start focusing more on the victims, tell their life stories, successes, misfortunes, their families left behind, etc. Remembering their lives, their families & their names.
I totally understand what you are saying but I think victims/survivors value their privacy. None of them asked to be singled out. Most were leading quiet, normal lives before the crime occurred. As the survivor of a violent stranger rape and beating that almost killed me, I just want things to be "normal" in my world. I went to court, testified and did what I had to do. My successes or failures are my own. Why should anyone else be interested just because I survived a violent crime?
@@oharriet4666 Sorry for what you went through. How horrible. I hope you find peace 🕊 🙏🏻
@@marymccarthy2533 Thank you very much. ❤
@@oharriet4666 I also went through that and nothing could ever change what we went through.
@@alejandrapadron1941 Exactly. You understand. And I'm sorry we became unwilling members of such an awful club.
I’m always amazed to see people protesting capital punishment. If this happened to their loved one, they wouldn’t protest.
I’m against the death penalty not because I feel bad for the killers but because many people have been wrongly convicted. If one of your loved ones was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death would you protest against the death penalty? It goes both ways.
That’s actually not true in all cases. There have been PLENTY of cases where the victim’s family have stated at trial that they don’t want the defendant sentenced to death. Neither side should claim to know what the families want without hearing it from them.
@@user-JustMe67 I agree I worked in jails in prisons for 20’years . Life in prison is much harder on an inmate than the death penalty . They have to think every day about what they’ve done and what got him or her there .
The only positive of life in prison over the death penalty is that it costs less, because of all of the legal costs from the many appeals. Having said that hang ‘em high
@@GeneralPublic0000 Any murderer could say the same thing.
so his adoptive mother also abandoned him, even after his birth mother didn't want him. you can really begin to see why he was troubled.
It takes more money (in lawyers and appeals) for the death penalty than to imprison someone for life. It is arbitrary. No one rich on death row. Enough all ready. End it.
If you've heard the BTK killer speak of his crimes you will hear Clifford's voice. Clifford was a cold-blooded murderer with no remorse. He thought he was clever enough to "draw" his way off death row including getting the reporter to smuggle his hopefully profitable drawing to an art dealer. That's why he was commercializing his art work, he thought some day he would be free and knew he would need money.
How the Texas Department of Corrections felt that he should choose the disposition of his remains is an incredulous mystery to me unless TDC knew his "free some day" funds being spent on spreading his ashes was a worthier use of funds.
It's unfortunate that California doesn't have more of a like a Texas-like philosophy about capital punishment
Yep!
All profits should have gone to the Victim's family;!!! Outrageous!
Well the funds he earned for his art didn't do shit for him in the end. He didn't get off death row by an appeal and then the state backs off further prosecution. He was executed and as for the disposal of his ashes or body well forget about that. We know he'll be disposed of.
You can tell the old man wanted to break down for his brother! But probably held back because it wasn't healthy and he knew it. Heart attack, stroke etc. I've been around older people to know what sudden excitement can do! That must have been horrible to go through. The victims and families deserve to be recognized! They are the ones I would use breath on!!! Mentioning anyone else or their name is too much credit. 🙏🏾
My heart bleeds for him, if you ask me they should have done to this POS what he did to that poor old man.
This was a very well done documentary. The film put so many aspects of the case in view and then allowed viewers to decide where they fall with the story. As for my own perspective, at first I thought I was going to see a cold-blooded killer be deeply remorseful and be able to accept his execution with real abiding peace, asking for forgiveness to the end. But what I saw was a cold-blooded killer. Period. He was a psychopath. He would have killed again had he ever been put back into society. From his voice and body language, I sensed not one bit of compassion for the victims' survivors, let alone the victims. Someone who is truly remorseful and repentant is deeply horrified at not only what he did to the victims, who are dead, but to the family members and friends of the victims, whom he put through a lifetime of grief and many times trauma, and even what he put his own family through, as they continued to struggle to love him while knowing that a member of their own family inflicted such horror on a community. Going out past the immediate families, I found the segment with the editor of the Saint Jo newspaper quite telling. In my humble opinion, he was running out the clock with the interviewer, showing a hospitable level of participation in the documentary, while not being able to open up. As one who worked in the newspaper business, I can rattle off details of even some of the more obscure stories I worked on but especially the high-profile ones. My read of this man's body language told me he was holding back, even using the classic "I don't recall" line at one point while he was on camera. He did recall, but that was the problem. The recall opened up a trauma. This documentary reminds me most poignantly of why the Church refers to willful murder as one of the four sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance.
You should watch "The Jinx" about Robert Durst. That should have been a Texas execution but money bought freedom. Why do all these creeps go to Texas? Does something about the "outlaw west" enter their minds?
I hope he really had given his soul to God, but it is still a waste of good life. He could have been a great artist or is a great artist. He might as well laugh, because his fate is sealed. I like the fact that he stood up like a man and told the truth. If you read a God’s word and we except him as our lord and savior we have to forgive.
Last 30 mins of this documentary, I found myself thinking "pls hurry up and kill him before Ol' Jack dies, please!" over & over in my head. Jack really broke my heart. What an amazingly strong 95yr old.
RIP Jack, you won sir!!! 🙏
-a man from the future who saw you on an old PBS documentary (in the year of 2022)
" What do I think of it? Well its AOk dont yo?" Awesome guy!
@@raidersofexploration6907 too true
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I did too.. I know that’s awful to say but I understand!!
I here all these inmates crying the blues but none of the people in death row would be there if they just didn't commit those awful crimes
There have been innocent people on death row.
What' a wonderful documentary
@@alejandrapadron1941 I knew one of them. He died there . Through extensive investigation the BBC in Britain got experts and found this person innocent . Very innocent. This documentary is very upsetting for me. He was in Huntsville. I have got to let him go now. But at least his name got cleared.
@@spmoran4703 Do you mean you knew one of the inmates who was executed and later found innocent? Sadly, there are many innocent people on death row and it is something the US needs to stop.
The thing about an eye for an eye is that in the end, you’re left with nothing. Everything’s been killed. No improvement.
I think that, with God’s guidance, we’re actually able to improve on what preceded us.
It's obvious that something elemental was missing from that guy. He was trying to convince us that he was normal--and he failed miserably.
Manson was “cheerful” in prison as well as an adult as he loved all the attention - Boggess seems like a garden-variety sociopath to me. The superficial affect, grandiosity, mood shifts, and cheap attempts to charm should have been your *first* clue. Plus the comments that seem to blame the victims (for being “old men?!”) are sooooo tasteless!!
The world is better off without Clifford Boggess.
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Life in prison without parole is a very harsh sentence (some would say worse than execution--and cheaper, studies show). Tragically, nothing will bring the victims back. Future generations will be appalled at how barbaric people were for supporting capital punishment--no matter how brutal the crime committed or how horrible the killer. All that said...I have no sympathy for this (or any) murderer.
Wow. This is amazing journalism.
1995: America has become comfortable with execution...2022: America has become comfortable with crime.
Exactly. Disgusting what has happened.
@Opal Allen Look around and see the increase in murders, rapes, car thefts, smash and grab with little or no prosecution of these crimes, and convicts released from prison well before their sentences have ended. If you can't see that, you probably just don't want to, or have been lucky enough to have not been touched by crime.
@@kelseymathias3881 illegals pouring into our Country, democrat cities allowing criminals to go free, defunding our police.. what could go wrong??
@@kelseymathias3881 I think the ones pretending not to see it are in denial. Our Country is turning in to a $hithole.
@@BigNr3d It sure is...let's give the lefties hell on Nov. 8, 2022.
His art and religion and other changes are fine for him, but ONLY for him. Just because his art is phenomenal doesn't mean we should forget what he did to that girls grandfather and the mechanic. If they give him a permanent stay because he found Jesus and got good at painting does that mean we should get some crazy snaggletoothed maniac a permanent stay? Hell yea! By that logic we should let em all live! (sarcasm)
I'm an artist myself, and creating art is a very rich, rewarding experience, and that's got to be a slap in the face to the families of the victims, knowing he's having a good time in prison.
He was OK at drawing but I didn't see any art in his pretty pictures. Artistically it was garbage. Cliche at best.
I don't think he ever had a chance to have a normal life, or to be normal! So sorry for all the pain he suffered and pain and suffering he caused.
“He comes off as mechanical, as though he’s trying to convince others he’s human, but he doesn’t quite know how.” This journalist is nobody’s fool, certainly not Clifford’s.
Wow. Most amazing documentary I have ever seen. It should have won an award.
Not sure if you’ve ever seen it but another one that’s good is called “into the abyss” I’ve watched it multiple times over the years it’s a great one too
Van Goch's Art Gallery is in Amsterdam. Just thought I'd mention it in case you all turn up in Paris.
I feel so sad and sorry for the families. I lost my family under much different circumstances but am a broken, destroyed man. It was agony to see the misery in their eyes. Yet the irony is Clifford Boggess got to escape. I just can't understand.