@GracieT: they caught a lot of people on death row, but I don’t think they ever proved the innocence of someone who was executed.
@flutherother: sorry, I meant since the resumption of legal executions since the 1970s. But I’m glad to see the infinitely wise State of South Carolina made it all better!
@rooeytoo: uncommon but probably not unlikely, certainly not impossible, in an era of criminal procedure favoring prosecutors, especially in the appeals process. The same people who favor such things, of course, often often favor state execution. Since they want to take away my rights, I’m quite frankly in favor of killing them.