“This mistake will become the thing you are best known for”
Why would it? People are wrongfully executed all the time, but can you off the top of your head name one governor who has become known for that?<p>Executions serve no purpose for society except to satisfy our thirst for revenge, it makes little difference if the person they kill is innocent or not.<p>If he turns out to be innocent, they can always execute someone else to save face. Not the ones responsible for his execution, of course. Ironically, wrongfully executing someone doesn't carry the death penalty.