Presidential Turkey Pardon

Every year, the President of the United States "pardons" a pair of turkeys on Thanksgiving Day. These turkeys live the rest of their days in peace and comfort. This peace lasts approximately one year, as commercially bred turkeys reach full size in about four months and after that quickly succumb to congestive heart failure. Here's the names of the turkeys that the current president has spared:

2007: May & Flower
2006: Flyer & Fryer
2005: Marshmallow & Yam
2004: Biscuits & Gravy
2003: Stars & Stripes
2002: Katie & Zack
2001: Liberty & Freedom

As a counterpoint, here's a list of the people whose death sentences have been commuted by Mr. Bush in his terms as President and as Governor of Texas:

1998: Henry Lee Lucas

Mr. Bush has pardoned 113 people during his term as president (although after each person had already served their entire sentence) and commuted the sentence of four people (mitigating their penalty without vacating the conviction), including I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.