I can only show that I'm innocent. That is not a basis for getting out of prison in this country. It may not even be a basis for a new trial. There are a couple of states that have very long time limits that allow you to bring that kind of a claim over a period of time, but elsewhere if you don't get in within the time period, then you've got to show a constitutional violation. You don't show a constitutional violation, you serve out your time.
People are shocked at that.
Part of the problem is that until DNA became usable ten years ago, it was very hard to ever prove that it was wrong. So the procedures seemed like they were enough. But often DNA alone isn't enough. I think one of the big problems here is that the death penalty is a very highly politicized issue in this country. And there's a real fear that if we open up the system and start looking in every nook and cranny for problems, that we're going to have to be releasing more people not only from prison, but from death row.