To a degree you answered your own question. The government threw everything at the defendants, including making shit up from whole cloth. The level of criminal misconduct by the judiciary & prosecutor's office means that people are being convicted of things that aren't what the charges are, and even admitting to things that they didn't do so that they don't get further punished. Sorting out who should actually be pardoned might be quite difficult if you haven't been following each story.
To a degree you answered your own question. The government threw everything at the defendants, including making shit up from whole cloth. The level of criminal misconduct by the judiciary & prosecutor's office means that people are being convicted of things that aren't what the charges are, and even admitting to things that they didn't do so that they don't get further punished. Sorting out who should actually be pardoned might be quite difficult if you haven't been following each story.
I'm sure someone can help sort through.