KCUR 89.3 Kevin Strickland's name is not among the 36 people listed for pardon from Gov. Mike Parson on May 31. Gov. Mike Parson could still choose to pardon Strickland, which would be exceedingly rare, but Strickland's legal team is pursuing other options for release and exoneration. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson passed on an opportunity to release a Kansas City man who has spent 43 years behind bars for a crime prosecutors say he did not commit. Parson left Kevin Strickland off the latest list of pardons. The move leaves Kevin Strickland and his attorneys disappointed, and with fewer options for his exoneration. "It's hard to imagine how everyone can know someone's innocent and he's still there," said Tricia Rojo Bushnell, director of the Midwest Innocence Project. "At this point, no one with power has done the things to let him out."