His daddy will pardon him.
I’m sure his daddy will pardon him. But first the two of them get some richly deserved humiliation. If wonder if he’ll do like dad does, and try to drag his dead brother around the courtroom?
“Look. Here’s the thing. I grew up in the felons community. So—no joke—I officially pardon him from, the uhhh, uhhh, ah, thee, ummm, ummm, you know, the THING! My other son died.”