I've followed this case from the beginning. At this point I hardly think a pardon would be a hysterical response. It's looking more and more like they got a bad rap from the get-go.
However, I can certainly understand why they'd want to be exonerated, and perhaps the most expedient road to that is through hearings. It doesn't appear to me that a pardon will be coming anytime soon.
How unfortunate.
Let me say it this way. A pardon is premature. I would guess we could probably both agree on that.
I will leave the rest aside the other issues as tangential at this juncture.