Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 04, 1973
Transcript:
Zonker: But enough about my trial! What's been goin' on with you, Frank? Man: Not too much, little brother. It's been pretty quiet in here... Zonker: How about your parole? Man: Nope... no luck. Seems that I ain't rehabilitated enough yet. Hey, you know what I did try, thought? The executive clemency trip! I called up the White House on Tuesday... but they said I was low priority... Zonker: "Low priority"? Man: Yeah! It seems there's a waitin' list, man...
That and the President cannot pardon state crimes.