Maxwell and his girlfriend, McFarland, were chased down in a gun war with the authorities in San Fransisco. Not even a month prior, Maxwell, and McFarland kidnapped Robbie Bott after forcing him to withdraw money from automatic teller machines. The police found Bott's car abandoned and aflame with Bott's "charred, hogtied body in the trunk. Autopsy said a gunshot to the torso with the cause of death.
After arrested, Maxwell confessed to both murders and was sentenced to death on March 12, 2003. Before recieving lethal injection said,
“I hurt a lot of people with the decisions I made. I can't be more sorry than I am right now. This person who did that 10 years ago isn't the same person you see today. I want to address you. I am sorry. I don't know who you are. I am sorry. I put you through some things that I can't take back." But he said his execution was "creating more victims. This is not going to change anything." To his son, Maxwell stated "I hurt the Lopes family. Let this be a lesson. Your decisions affect everybody. Look after your sister for me.” Immediately after these last words Joshua, on March 11th, 2010 @ 6:27 p.m., was put to death by lethal injection.
I feel McFarland did a lot of horrible things for no reason whatsoever and needed the punishment that was coming for him. I do give him credit for swallowing his pride in the end and saying what he had to say. Justice was served.
References:
Murderers on death row. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://carla1975ky.tripod.com/
Joshua maxwell executed. (2010, March 11). Retrieved from http://odatat.blogspot.com/2010/03/joshua-maxwell-executed.html
Joshua maxwell . (2010, March 11). Retrieved from http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/maxwell1197.htm
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