Were Morant and Handcock murderers or scapegoats of the empire?

Morant and Handcock were depicted by the media as being scapegoats of the empire although it is hard to assess the facts portrayed without taking bias into account.  Some of the sources assert that the soldiers were scapegoats of the empire, however when looking in depth at the vast amount of primary evidence, one can establish that Morant and Handcock were cold-blooded killers….(short extract)