U.S. DISCIPLINARY BARRACKS FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS 1814 ZULU

Kevin Miller sits at the table in the small concrete room. He is accompanied by his lawyer, a balding man in a suit. He faces the woman in a gray suit who approached him with a request a few days ago. Mediating is a United States Army major who is the staff judge advocate of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks. Miller's lawyer, Michael Gooding, places manila folders on the table. The woman sitting across the table reads them.
"The test results are in, my client is a match," says Gooding. "I know you haven't found someone else; otherwise you would not be here"
"Excuse me, Major," says the woman. "What would you propose to offer Mr. Miller if he agrees"
"I am sure we can convince the convening authority to reduce his sentence," says Major David Neikos, the mediator. "Given what you are asking him, I am sure giving him the chance to leave here before being eligible for a senior citizens' bus pass would be a fair"
"I have a better idea," says Kevin Miller. "I would like a presidential pardon"
"That might not be possible," says the major.
"You know what you are asking me to give up. I think it is a fair trade"
"Mr. Miller, Major Neikos's offer seems reasonable," says Michael Gooding. "We should consider it. You still have over twenty years left in your sentence. Maybe I can get you out in as little as five years"
"I want a presidential pardon," says Miller. "A life for a life. That would be a fair trade."