Probably apocryphal but Uncle Dwayne was having trouble getting his regular necktie tied before his daughters wedding and one of the ushers volunteered to help. He asked Dwayne to lay down on a table so he could tie and Dwayne asked why lay down for it and the usher said he was a mortician and that was the only way he could do it . . . .
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.