Crucifixion: Pilates Travel Path

My first group of posts are going to be about the crucifixion story. I will be preaching to Granite Baptist School in chapel in May about the importance and seriousness of the crucifixion, so I want to immerse myself in the whole story. I am starting with a focus on a character that I simply find fascinating: Pilate. I'll make a few observations on this post and maybe elaberate more on my next:
So Jesus is brought before Pilate. As we put our focus on Luke 23, the chief scribes bring 3 accusations before Pilate: 1. He perverts the nation, 2. He forbad giving tribute to Ceaser, and 3. He claims to be Christ a King. Each of these accusations was meant to condemn him and many before Jesus likely had been condemned in some way for at least one of these three. The thing I notice is that Pilate disregards the first two accusations and simply focuses on the third (the biggest). We see that a common element is that in all four Gospels Pilate asks Jesus, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" (Matt 27:11, Mark 15:2, Luke 23:3, and John 18:33) To which Jesus replies "Thou sayest" except in John where he elaberates on that phrase. Here is the strange part, after Jesus answers Pilates question with a simple "Thou sayest" as if to say,"you said it!" Pilate turns back to the people in Luke 23:4 and says, "I find no fault in this man." Here is what I think, Pilate may have believed in Jesus, maybe not completely but at least a little. Pilate gets hung up about this whole King thing! In John 19:14 we see that he is trying to convince the Jews to not crucify Jesus by saying, "Behold, your King!"
What finally gets me is what Pilate writes on the inscription above the cross, "Jesus of Nazareth The King of the Jews," to which the chief priests protest and say that he should write that Jesus claimed to be the King of the Jews, not that he was. Here is how this is significant: The inscription above the cross was meant to notify the people why the person on the cross was being crucified, therefore, to the chief priests it would only make logical sense for Pilate to write that Jesus claimed it, not that he actually was. But Pilate's response is great, you can just feel the snubbiness that he gives to the chief priests as he says, "What I have written, I have written."
Based on these facts and others that I will mention later, I believe that Pilate was awfully close to being a believer. Was he a believer, I doubt it, although some do think that he was. I see Pilate as a seeker of truth (As I will talk about next post) and one who greatly respected Jesus Christ. but as one who was unsaved.
What are your thoughts? Where is Pilate today? And what is the general feeling you get when you read about Pilate in the Scriptures?