https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/09/26/the-dna-tests-that-came-too-late-to-save-two-men#.I7BUkaep8 This story illustrates the fragility of life and the lengths to which the state will go to keep its convictions.  Instead of writing a wrong, posthumously exonerating these men, they claim its moot.   Instead of admitting they were wrong, they hid behind procedural obstacles.

28 U.S.C. 2254 allows a person in state custody to ask the federal district court to review decisions made regarding federal constitutional violations. It must be filed within one year of the conviction becoming final in the state court. The petition itself must contain all of the constitutional claims raised in either the direct appeal …

There are things that can be done besides filing a direct appeal of your conviction.  The most prevalent of these is filing a post conviction petition pursuant to R.C. 2953.21.  This contains all the events and circumstances that occurred outside of the record.  The record being everything that was taken down by a court reporter …