FRAUDs like these should not receive pardon IMO because it's their own stupidity

[theking]

..that caused the whole thing. What's worst is they even encouraged their young son to lie on their behalf..  :

'Balloon boy hoax' parents pardoned in Colorado

In 2009 a US couple told the world their son had been carried away by a balloon. Rescue services scrambled to save him, but it was revealed to be a hoax and the pair were convicted.