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.
Nobles could have faked becoming a better person to get an opportunity to be released early. There have been many people that have been sent to prison or sentenced to death but were released early for good behavior (Wray). People will change the way they think and do things