Jonathan Noble Research Paper

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Jonathan Nobles Rehabilitated
Rehabilitation is the act of restoring something to its original state. The noun rehabilitation comes from the Latin prefix re-, meaning “again” and habitare, meaning “make fit.” Jonathan Nobles was sentenced to the death when he murdered two innocent by standards and severely wounding a man, the question that seems to dawn everyone is, did prison change him? Did he become the man that everyone thought he couldn’t be? A Death in Texas tells his transformation from a cold killer to a loving man of God.
There are many different types of rehabilitation centers, the kind of rehab
Jonathan Nobles needed to attend would be for murder. Murder is a very harsh and cruel crime, Jonathan murdered two women, Kelly Farquhar …show more content…

Although oddly enough the mothers of the two women that died forgave Jonathan for his actions. “You forgive because it frees you, hopefully, one day it will free the offender, but that’s not the reason you do it. You do it because it frees you.”
Forgiveness is something that can be given but what happened will never be forgotten. Yes I do believe Jonathan Nobles was rehabilitated in prison, he had time to think about his actions and also time to get his life right with the
Lord. The only person that needs to judge is God, Jonathan became a man of
Christ and asked to be forgiven. When he went to have chemicals pumped through his heart to make him die he said “I know some of you won’t believe me, but I am truly sorry for what I have done. I wish that I could undo what happened back then and bring back your loved ones but I can’t.” Jonathan then begins to sob and addresses Mitzi Nalley’s mother, “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.
I wish I could bring her back to you. And Ron….. I took so much from you. I’m sorry. I know you probably don’t want my love, but you have it.” Jonathan