Truly Forgiven Jonathan Wayne Nobles was a murderer, but he atoned for his sins during his incarceration. “In 1986 Jon was convicted (almost entirely on the strength of his own confession) of stabbing Kelley Farquhar and Mitzi Johnson-Nalley to death. He also admitted stabbing Ron Ross, Nalley’s boyfriend, who lost an eye in the attack.”(Earle 74-75) Jonathan Wayne Nobles was sentenced to death on October 7 1998. Nobles might have committed several crimes including two murders, but during his incarceration awaiting death row he truly changed for the better and found forgiveness for himself. He found religion, and helped other inmates find religion. Nobles might have been on drugs during the murders he committed, but during his Jonathan Wayne Nobles showed through his actions that he might not have been a man without sin but a man that wanted to change. Nobles actions during his incarceration showed that of a rehabilitated man and man that could be trusted. Some even might say that they admired him for the way he was dealing with his situation. Steve Earle wrote this in his essay A Death in Texas, “ Inmate Richard Bethard on his way down the line to visit a family member stops to talk to Jon and introduces us. Bethard beams saying that he is one of my biggest fans. The guard patiently waits until the exchange is over before escorting him along to his assigned cubicle. Such socialization during inmate transfer is a clear violation of policy at Ellis, but a lot of the rules have relaxed for Jon. He says that its like the last week of the school year. I believe that its more likely he has earned the respect of everyone at Ellis.”(76) This is evidence that he changed for the better. He gained the respect of the staff at Ellis and the respect of his fellow inmates through his positive actions. Jonathan Wayne Nobles was unarguably a rehabilitated man before his punishment.
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Nobles growing up did not have best home life a child should have. Still that leaves no excuse to murder two young innocent women and almost a young man. Some people argue that Johnathan was not in his right mind because he was high on drugs. In a way, it’s like saying someone made him do it. It is possible for anything or anybody to make someone else actually do something they didn’t want to? If the murders were premeditated, the drugs could have been a cover up. Nobles knowing, he might get caught, would make people feel like he only did it because of drugs were in his system. This goes back to people craving attention and doing anything to get
John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and rapist. He tortured and killed thirty-three young boys between 1972 and 1978 in Cook County, Illinois. He was executed by lethal injection, however this act of execution was wrong.
Evidence: "You really killed him, huh, Johnny?" "Yeah." His voice quavered slightly. "I had to. They
...ot into a fight and he stabbed a man eighteen times. He ended back in prison.
On June 12th, 1994, Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman’s bodies were found Nicole’s condominium; the victims had been stabbed to death. The identity of the murderer was unknown up until O.J was suspected to be a suspect. When accused, he was in another state, and was forced to fly back. (Aaseng 1996)
uses his high social status as a priest as an excuse to obtain that of which he
Aristotle defines nobility as the quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank. Graham is a noble person because he is a great father and he is a priest. After going through a tragic event in life Graham doesn't have any faith and his children sees that and they have a resentment towards him. Morgan states “I hate you, You let mom die”, Graham responds and says” I am not wasting one more minute of my life on prayer. Not one more minute. Understood?” the Hess children blame their dad for their mom accident and because he doesn't want to pray anymore they don't lose their faith as well. Also he is a noble person because after losing his faith he got it back. “ Don't call me Father It's just Graham now” at the beginning of the play Graham didn't want to be a priest, but after all that he went through at the end of the movie it showed he became a priest again. Antigone relates to being noble like Graham because she had to bury her brother after his death.
In the Prologue of the tale, the Pardoner clearly admits that he preaches for nothing but for the greed of gain. His sermons revolve around the biblical idea that “the love of money is the root of all evil” (1 Timothy 6:10). Ironically, however, the Pardoner condemns the very same vice that he lives by, as he proclaims “avarice is the theme that I employ in all my sermons, to make the people free in giving pennies—especially to me”. Thus, covetousness is both the substance of his sermons as well as the mechanism upon which he thrives. He clearly states that repentance is not the central aim of his preaching, by mentioning “my mind is fixed on what I stand to win and not upon correcting sin”. Rather, his foremost intention is to acquire as many shillings as he can in exchange for his meaningless pardons. In this regard, one can argue that although the Pardoner is evil, he is not a dissembler. His psychology is clearly not guided by hypocrisy because he does not conceal his intentions under false pretences.
... noble morality (16). Furthermore, in contrast to the self-contentment of the noble morality, the slave’s lack of outward power led him to direct his power inwards, resulting in man’s first exploration of his inner life.
his public perception, it wasn’t hard for other people to accept the relationship between him and
...ing him, and the expectation was that there would be a well-publicized trial rather than a brief in which Ray admitted his guilt and was sentenced.” (Clark 240)
before he was even convicted of the crime! Mr. Stevenson spends so much time advocating for
won millions to his cause. Even though he said that at his death he was "...the
fact, from the time he was first put under arrest to when he was killed, he