DUI pardon

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/03/justice/mississippi-pardon-dui/index.html

(Side note: I'm realizing that so far every article I've found to discuss the ethics of is a tragic instance. I really hope by the end of the semester I find something that is a positive, perhaps an example of ethics at work.)

This article looks at the drunken driving record of a Mississippi man named Harry Bostick, and how he was pardoned by the former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour.
Bostick, a convicted felon, was jailed for violating the terms of a previous DUI sentence. While in jail he applied for and was granted a full pardon for his felony DUI from March 2009. The 2009 arrest was Bostick's third DUI.
One week after Bostick was driving drunk and was involved in an accident that killed an 18-year old girl.
A review of Bostick's pardon application details the high-profile supporters he had. His pardon was also expedited by Barbour's final term coming to an end.
The Parole Board says they don't know how this could've happened; the governor's representative says he didn't know about subsequent charges. In short, no one wants to take responsibility.

Politics will also be an easy target for ethical studies. So often the game is about "who you know" and politicians pat each other on the back. They seem to live by different standards than the average person. It seems that's what happened here. Bostick was awarded a fourth chance and released from jail largely due to the status of the people in his corner.
Is this justice? Not even close. This is injustice, in the most plain sense. As Aristotle would say, this is lack of virtue. I'm not naive enough to think the average politician is moral, but I wish that corruption weren't so prevalent.