The most we can do is to prove previous good character.
That isn't worth anything where the evidence against the prisoner is so conclusive--as in your case.

But it makes a show of doing something." And Mr.Conger was about leaving the cell when, as if a new thought had occurred to him, he turned back and sat down again and said: "There _is_ one other course open to you.

Perhaps it is the best, since you will not follow my plan.

You can plead guilty, and trust to the clemency of the President.

I think strong political influences could be brought to bear at Washington in favor of your pardon ?" Charlton shook his head, and the lawyer left him "to think the matter over," as he said.