What is the burden of proving innocence in a criminal case?

It is the petitioner's burden to produce sufficient proof of actual innocence to bring him within the narrow class of cases implicating a fundamental miscarriage of justice. See id. The petitioner must submit new, reliable evidence that undercuts the reliability of the proof of guilt and is so strong that a court cannot have confidence in the outcome of the trial unless the court is also satisfied that the trial was free of non-harmless constitutional error. See id. at 937-38 (citing Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298, 314-16 (1995)). The evidence may be exculpatory

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