Michael-

Very well done!

You may be able to work this pun in if you're interested:

"He was pardoned with the stroke of a pen"

Odd, I was thinking just the other day that a ditty might be composed on this topic to the tune of "Charley on the MTA." The original song, by the way, was a 19th century ballad entitled "The Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea (Will He Ever Return)."

Cheerily,
Charley Noble