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Both disgusting and accurate. What a sad fucking country we live in.
We're talking about Missouri here; I doubt they'd stop the execution even if he was proven innocent beyond any possible doubt. >

Well, according to SCOTUS a state’s interest in finality of outcomes trumps a person’s interest in not being unjustly railroaded and killed by their own government. Like literally that’s current law now.
Freedom! >

I'm painfully aware that innocence is not a legal defense or grounds for a new trial in the US, I was just pointing out that there wouldn't be any kind of gubernatorial pardon coming out of Missouri even if he was proven innocent on live, national television. >

Fair enough, a live show proving his innocence beyond a shadow of a doubt would probably cause a MAGA governor to accelerate his execution to own the libs.