How Did Jonathan Nobles Have Changed

Jonathan Wayne Nobles was not truly rehabilitated. He could have acted like he was becoming a better person, so that he was treated better or get an opportunity to be released. He manipulated people to help him and believe him. Nobles didn’t explain what happened between Gene Hathorn and him to Steve Earle. He was a different person than he was when he committed the crime, though that doesn’t prove that he won’t do anything like that again if he was released from prison.

Johnathan Wayne Nobles was arrested in 1986 for the murders of two young women and the stabbing of a young man. He was sentenced to death for his crimes; he spent 12 years in prison before his death of lethal injection. During that time he sobered up, found religion, made friends, and expressed remorse for his crimes. So, was Nobles truly rehabilitated before his execution? Demonstrating those attributes proves he was rehabilitated.

Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer and sexual offender who committed his crimes between 1978 and 1991 and is widely known to this day. After sexually abusing, murdering, and dismembering his 17 male victims he was found to perform sexual acts to the corpse or even consume them. This gave way to his well known name of the “Milwaukee Cannibal”. Though given multiple diagnoses during trial he was deemed sane and sentenced to 17 life sentences in prison.

True Rehabilitation Jonathan Wayne Nobles, convicted murderer of two young women in Austin, Texas during 1986 therefore spending twelve years of his life in prison. He had been on a path of rehabilitation in prison, after he began with disruptive criminal behavior as if a troublesome convict. Truly Nobles could not have been a rehabilitated man after having only spent twelve years incarcerated. The majority of truly rehabilitated prisoners is a small amount of returning citizens that do not relapse into reoccurring offenses.

From the mind of a killer, he was trying to convince everyone that he was an altered man. Most men want to leave behind a legacy and Nobles didn’t want to leave behind the legacy of being a killer. Nobles thought if he changed and became a reformed Catholic that his death would leave behind the impression of a rehabilitated man, a different man, even a respectable man. The fact is, he was a killer that killed two women and stabbed a man. His footprint in history is that of a

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In Steve Earle’s essay, “A Death in Texas”, Earle gives descriptions of his and Nobles interactions and how he behaved during the days that lead up to his execution on October 7th, 1998. The essay gives a glimpse of Nobles through Earle’s eyes, depicting him as a sorrowful man who confessed to his murders and was working to atone for his sins. Earle’s wrote about how he changed his behavior by getting clean and finding God, as well as earning the respect of the inmates and guards along the way. Reading Earle’s descriptions of Nobles could lead one to believe he was rehabilitated and could have possibly been fit for society, however, some evidence points towards the direction that Nobles may not have been completely rehabilitated after all.

There are many people who commit crimes all over the world with no intention of leaving their life rebellious life. A lot of convicts only desire to do their time with the hopes of getting sentence cut down by being well behaved, however, criminals who are sentenced to the death penalty, such as Pete McKenzie, desire life and freedom, so they resort to anything that they can do in order to be free including murder and attempted escape. It is difficult for some convicts to change their ways and in certain cases, some of them never do, even with the years they spend in prison. Criminals like Pete McKenzie can’t leave the life of crime and continue to commit crimes in prison.

I believe that depending on the state of the crime, the person should be imprisoned. However, Philip Grosser, who was imprisoned because he was opposed to fight in the war, was the only prisoner who shouldn’t have gone to prison. Morton Sobell and Robert Lipscomb had done wrongful acts, which got them imprisoned. In fact, Morton Sobell was a spy for the Soviet Union and gave military secrets to them.

Famous American cereal killer, John Wayne Gacy, had murdered and raped 33 adolescents, many of whom were teenagers, the justice system made sure this man could never do this again. The public is turning a blind eye to the many contributions the justice system makes, we should look at not only how we can reform, but how it contributes to society The justice system creates many contributions to society, such as the safety it provides for children and their chances of exploitation, the many instances where they convict dangerous individuals therefore creating a safer environment for the present and future of society, and the fact it provides all citizens of the public and private sectors, to have the right to a fair, speedy, and public trial,

Jonathan Wayne Nobles, “was executed in Huntsville for the stabbing deaths of Mitzi Johnson-Nalley, 21, and Kelly Farquhar, 24, in 1986” (Bishop). Just hearing this man’s crime would make people want to put him in a prison cell and throw away the key because in most people’s minds someone like him cannot change. Steve Earle, “a prolife singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and writer” (Reading on the River), on the other hand, friends this man named Jonathan Wayne Nobles, and he writes this story to show that Nobles changed while in prison. In Steve Earle’s “A Death in Texas,” Earle uses elaborate character description, potent imagery, and solemn dialogue to convey the theme that people can change.

The Death Penalty: Is it Right? In 1972, the Supreme Court was evaluating a criminal case, Furman v. Georgia. In this case the defendant, William Henry Furman, was burglarizing a house when he was discovered by someone. In attempt to flee, he tripped and accidently set off the gun, killing the person that discovered him.

The death penalty is a precedent set centuries ago as a method of punishment for severe crimes. In 1923, the state of Texas declared that those sentenced to death were to suffer through the electric chair by the hands of the state, instead of being hanged by the hands of the counties (TX Executions). Later on, Texas would adopt the lethal injection method. Many see the death penalty as an inhumane violation of the basic rights defined in the Bill of Rights. On the other hand, others may argue that it is unpractical to abolish the death penalty due to the voidance of justice.

The devastating part of his case is that he believed what he wanted to believe and when given proof and evidence of innocence he pushed it to the side which made him biased to his own

While reading “A Death in Texas” one can clearly see that Jonathan Nobles did indeed changed his behaviors for the better, but it was all an act to gain attention and respect from guards and other inmates. He learned how to play the system to make his time at Ellis One Unit easier. One could argue that this is part of being rehabilitated and this is true, one does need to change their behaviors in order to start the rehabilitation process, but somewhere along the way he got a big ego and let it get the best of him.