hiː ɹᵻfjˈuːzd ænd ðˈʌs wˈʌn ðə ɹᵻspˈɛkt ʌv dʒˈoʊsəf bˈɑːnɐpˌɑːɹt, hˌuː kəmjˈuːɾᵻd hɪz sˈɛntəns tə lˈaɪf ɪmpɹˈɪzənmənt.
He refused and thus won the respect of Joseph Bonaparte, who commuted his sentence to life imprisonment.