Question about belief

[raspberrycordial]

Watching a tv programme yesterday where the defendant said "God will clear my name" (or similar), I can't remember exactly. This prompted the thought from me that there are only 2 scenarios available if they were found guilty...

1. They were guilty
2. God does not exist

This is not meant to be inflammatory, purely that I'm interested to know how someone would justify the outcome if they believe in God. Do they come up with a third option?

He didn’t give a time scale, OP! Some people are wrongly imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit, and their name is cleared years later. Or even posthumously, if they were hanged.
The chap prob meant something along the lines of “God knows that I am innocent”.
Also, what humans want God to do, or believe He ought to do, doesn’t necessarily reflect God’s view of the matter. His ways are not our ways, and his timescale is infinite.
I think too many people (of shallow faith) think God should be some kind of wish fulfilment slot machine - you pop in a prayer, and out should come your lottery win, or illness cure, or whatever. It’s tough to come to terms with the fact that sometimes the answer is No. Or a different Yes to the one you expected.

Thank you, that is interesting, it's good to have your perspective on it. Thank you for answering as I was genuinely interested to know how it would be explained.