An unpunished crime is only for the rich and famous. You and me and our ilk never get pardoned. We are not powerful enough or important enough or obsequious enough or corrupt enough.
Something STINKS BIGLY. Now. If people are PROVEN TO BE INNOCENT that is a different matter entirely. BUT TO PARDON THE GUILTY? Where is the logic in the that? The good? The decent? The honorable? The fair? Cat got your tongue?