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Out? >> no. because that's all i have >> reporter: now a new reason to hope a new state law set to go into effect later this month will give prosecutors like gardner more power to correct wrongful convictions even years later. but the republican attorney general could still intervene. his office declined our repeated requests for a formal interview. >> mr. schmitt >> reporter: so we found him after an event and asked about gardner's suggestion he's playing politics. >> that's ridiculous >> why >> i care about the people of the state. she can make whatever accusations she wants. it's not person...

>> 15 days, that's it? justice ends? i don't think there's time limits on innocence. >> reporter: a judge appointed someone to represent him. >> i think the attorney general is afraid of someone like me and what we stand for. >> there is no mechanism to file for a new trial so long after the conviction and this spring the missouri supreme court agreed. johnson spoke with us from the prison where he spent most of the 26 years. his daughters just babies when he went in. >> i haven't met my grandchildren get. one of the many things i've missed out on throughout the years. >> have you given out ho...