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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.
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!