Who cares about "guilt". Pardon him, let the punishment end, let the technical "guilt" remain. Guilt only matters in legal systems more just than ours.

This is why I explicitly teach my children that the law is not a moral code. I want them to understand the consequences of breaking the law and act with an understanding of the consequences, but they should follow their own moral code.

I was thinking of this the other day reading about all the patent cases that end up in Texas because it's easy to get biased judges. There are empty offices that the legal system recognizes as the headquarters of hundreds of companies. The justice system cannot handle this abusive "hack", and in general justice is only available to those with several hundred thousand dollars to spare.

So again, why should anyone care whether or not such a system considers a person "guilty".