Are you proposing to drown mercy and forgiveness in bureaucracy?
Corruption is a valid point generally. And this question can be raised when discussing pardon for president's family. But is this point valid for this specific case, for the man who already spent 11 years in prison and has no relation to the president?
I'm only in my 40s and I have already seen Presidents and Governors pardon people that absolutely shouldn't have been pardoned.