Rehabilataion or Adaptation
At the age of 26,John Wayne Nobles was a talented man; Nobles was skilled in many areas; he had once been an electrician , telemarketer, drug addict, alcoholic, criminal crime prevention assiociate, murderer, and death row inmate. Nobles was good at shifting from what he was ,to what he needed to be.in a situation. Even on death row he was able to figure out which face he needed to show, and which one he needed to hide. In Steve Earle’s essay, A Death in
Texas, Earle writes about an encounter he wittnessed with another inmate and Nobles. “Hey Jon,
I here you got a date. Is it serious? John visibly stiffens. He and Hawthorne were friends once but something happened years ago, something that Jon is reluctant to talk about.” (77). This shows …show more content…
Before his execution, Nobles, claimed to be rehabilatated, a changed man. Looking at the facts proves that was all for show.
In 1986 ,Nobles ,recently released from jail on parole, and working for the Texas Crime
Prevention Association, turned the corner from petty criminal to murderer. Nobles ,who was said to have taken methamphedamines and drinking, broke into the home of two young women and brutally murdered the two. Nobles also attacked one of the womens boyfriends, who attempted to intervene. Luckily he survived and was able to testify in court aboutNobles evil deeds.
Steve Earle’s essay tells us of Nobles first weeks on death row, “When Jon arrived at
Ellis he quickly alienated all of the guards and most of the inmates. He once broke away from
guards while returning to his cell from When Jon arrived at Ellis he quickly alienated all of the guards and most of the inmates. He once broke away from guards while returning to his cell from the exercise yard and climbed the exposed pipes and bars in the cell block, kicking down television sets suspended outside on the bottom tier. On another occasion he cut himself with
At the age of 26,John Wayne Nobles was a talented man; Nobles was skilled in many areas; he had once been an electrician , telemarketer, drug addict, alcoholic, criminal crime prevention assiociate, murderer, and death row inmate. Nobles was good at shifting from what he was ,to what he needed to be.in a situation. Even on death row he was able to figure out which face he needed to show, and which one he needed to hide. In Steve Earle’s essay, A Death in
Texas, Earle writes about an encounter he wittnessed with another inmate and Nobles. “Hey Jon,
I here you got a date. Is it serious? John visibly stiffens. He and Hawthorne were friends once but something happened years ago, something that Jon is reluctant to talk about.” (77). This shows …show more content…
Before his execution, Nobles, claimed to be rehabilatated, a changed man. Looking at the facts proves that was all for show.
In 1986 ,Nobles ,recently released from jail on parole, and working for the Texas Crime
Prevention Association, turned the corner from petty criminal to murderer. Nobles ,who was said to have taken methamphedamines and drinking, broke into the home of two young women and brutally murdered the two. Nobles also attacked one of the womens boyfriends, who attempted to intervene. Luckily he survived and was able to testify in court aboutNobles evil deeds.
Steve Earle’s essay tells us of Nobles first weeks on death row, “When Jon arrived at
Ellis he quickly alienated all of the guards and most of the inmates. He once broke away from
guards while returning to his cell from When Jon arrived at Ellis he quickly alienated all of the guards and most of the inmates. He once broke away from guards while returning to his cell from the exercise yard and climbed the exposed pipes and bars in the cell block, kicking down television sets suspended outside on the bottom tier. On another occasion he cut himself with