Why on earth should they be pardoned? Regardless of whether their trial was fair or not, and the circumstances ensured that any Australians sentenced to death during the Great War were not executed, murder is murder.
I seem to recall that the British and Americans held similar trials post Second World War - are we to assume that the Germans involved were denied natural justice and right of appeal because they were only following orders, or that not all of them had to face trial?
The film, like many, no doubt presented a particular viewpoint. Murder is still murder. For sure correct the record to ensure that the truth about the trials and the orders are known, but he was still punished for murder, and the truth be known apparently a lot of others should have been shot with him, probably including Kitchener. There is no reason to pardon Morant or the others.
Keith
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