Jonathan Wayne Nobles Was It All An Act

The Rehabilitation of Jonathan Wayne Nobles: Was it all an act?

The National Institute of Justice reports that 76.6 percent of released prisoners are rearrested within five years. This statistic supports the idea that true rehabilitation of those in prison is not possible. Jonathan Wayne Nobles was convicted for the slaying deaths of two Texas women, and severely injuring a third person. Jonathan Nobles was sentenced to death by lethal injection on October 7, 1998 for his crimes. There is absolutely no doubt that he committed these horrific crimes, the question that many have asked is if he was truly rehabilitated during his stay on Texas Death Row. Nobles may have been on his way to true rehabilitation but somewhere along the way his need

Earle struggled with addiction until his arrest in 1993 for possession of heroin and in 1994, for cocaine and possession of weapons according to Wikipedia. From there he served some time in jail and upon his release he completed a drug treatment program. Since then he has been a political activist, and has protested against the death penalty. He became pen-pals with Nobles and continued their relationship up until Jonathan Nobles’ execution, which was about a ten year span according to Steve Earle. Earle wrote “A Death in Texas” which gives readers a first-hand look into the last days of Nobles life up until his execution. 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.

In fact, according to 48 Hours Nobles refused to meet with one of his victims mother’s for many years. He finally agreed to the meeting when it was aimed to be on television. Also for as much regret as he claimed to have, he sure was trying to do anything at all that he could do to get out of his death sentence. Someone who is truly sorry and full of remorse would accept their punishment not try to get out of it by trying to be an organ donor. That was just one attempt of many to get his death sentence turned over. He filed a number of petitions in hopes to get a new trial according to Murderpedia. During his last words on his death bed he was still all about Jonathan Wayne Nobles, he expressed his remorse to one of the victim’s mother but did not at all mention the other girl that he brutally stabbed to death. If one has true remorse wouldn’t they be sorry for everything they done