https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/home daily 1.0 2025-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1633957657813-O7ES3WKR073URI324Q9U/InForLife_cvr_final_100721.png HOME - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605469901858-1CICNLO3MVNJCS1CJN4J/sean-s.jpg HOME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/528b8bb5e4b04d10f50b92df/1433605616094-JJMX5118NBRN9HIWXVUP/image-asset.jpeg HOME https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/book-in-for-life daily 0.75 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/8bec17a1-9a19-4c7b-b628-4384109af084/2015.Sean%252Band%252BElaine%252Bat%252BBrandeis%252BOct.jpg Book: In for life Sean Ellis and author Elaine Murphy after presenting at a 2015 Brandeis University seminar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1607715753682-DT3QUEYEGG1Y0C12ZPWA/Sean+Ellis+%26+the+Murphys+sm.jpeg Book: In for life Sean Ellis with Elaine and Rich Murphy in their home, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1633956782655-7PACXMMQNLTSNL6HGZHF/InForLife_cvr_final_100721.png Book: In for life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605706263653-XGHMSM06IMLFY7VJDV65/EM+filmed+for+Netflix+doc.jpeg Book: In for life Murphy is interviewed in 2019 at her home by the Paris-based Trial 4 production crew. https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-07-12 https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/gallery-of-free-sean daily 0.75 2020-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e049e08a65e26059119cd5/1458581832673-UZTVQK3KYBRBZJEV2TA9/EmptyName-13.jpg Gallery of Free Sean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e049e08a65e26059119cd5/1459879490526-G24JE1DJLLKTXZZ7AB3Q/img-01.jpg Gallery of Free Sean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e049e08a65e26059119cd5/1461695306540-8QFJK5P595E5ROR2LJ52/img-05.jpg Gallery of Free Sean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e049e08a65e26059119cd5/1459879492862-RKJ57EW5U6XYS5SBZ16U/img-08.jpg Gallery of Free Sean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e049e08a65e26059119cd5/1461695316996-9T0PB79UV8MG58D1SSJX/img-06.jpg Gallery of Free Sean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e049e08a65e26059119cd5/1459879491425-LMMLEQ04TVDPA4ZBY5SJ/img-03.jpg Gallery of Free Sean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e049e08a65e26059119cd5/1459879491506-9LEW43M9OMQZEMMON1JW/img-04.jpg Gallery of Free Sean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e049e08a65e26059119cd5/1461695299453-AM36QBLDUB7DWF3AIKOH/img-02.jpg Gallery of Free Sean https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/2014-15-evidentiary-hearings daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462849531-7SRYU6EOW8OQKZEE9JTM/image-asset.jpeg 2014-15: Evidentiary hearings At the June 5, 2014 hearing, Sean Ellis confers with lead attorney Rosemary Scapicchio (right). Attorney Jillise McDonough is at left. https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/2018-charges-dropped daily 0.75 2023-06-14 https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/2018-the-das-spin daily 0.75 2020-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605716323038-CSSC3BBI5JVKXESJUEFL/Image.jpg 2018: The DA's spin https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/website-references daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/1995-three-trials daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462860424-0Z50ZM6P6CO8C0FGCB97/walgreens-pharmacy-2012.jpg 1995: Three Trials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462860428-YYRT576J3USI88SENLO7/Norman+Zalkind.jpg 1995: Three Trials Norman Zalkind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462860431-8W9CTLR4T13UQBK1F1UJ/David+Duncan.jpg 1995: Three Trials David Duncan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605731070743-EYMNN790CNGKFYUTAA2D/1995.Ellis+in+cell.jpg 1995: Three Trials Sean Ellis at his arraignment, 1993 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605821003146-FQJDP15O3HAMTB8IBMXW/Screen+Shot+2020-11-19+at+4.22.06+PM.png 1995: Three Trials Chief Prosecutor Phyllis Broker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462860434-911D0AU9QELZUP5CDXUI/SE%2Bat%2Btrial.jpg 1995: Three Trials https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/2015-overturned-convictions-release daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605851387391-XNN11RE8M6FTOLQ4JVJL/image.jpg 2015: Overturned convictions & release https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605850195163-19LRHLCAI3B85PFMCAT7/image-asset.jpeg 2015: Overturned convictions & release https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462864818-5DS5UVCR4QK54GFWG16R/image-asset.jpeg 2015: Overturned convictions & release Sean's mother, Mary "Jacke" Ellis, with daughters Sharday (rear) and Janelle. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/seans-early-life daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462877549-1HMWACQRHF60SAJD6EU4/Santoro+class.jpg Sean's early life Sean Ellis in third grade: top row, fifth from left. Typically, just one or two African-American students were placed in each suburban classroom through METCO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462877552-ROULIFDPI6ESGWGSJFW7/Joseph+Moody+cropped.jpg Sean's early life Sean’s older brother, Joseph Moody https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605770823982-5EV6RPZ3NWVT0FJALTEC/1992.Sean%2Bin%2BDorchester%2Bpre-arrest%2B%2528year%253F%2529.jpg Sean's early life Sean at 19. https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/2016-sjcs-hearing-ruling daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/opinion-mcnamara-murphy-2015 daily 0.75 2023-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462881914-3B7E5ENXN2JN72MNY5IX/image-asset.jpeg Opinion: McNamara, Murphy 2015 Sean Ellis enters the courtroom for his May 12, 2015 bail hearing at which Judge Carol S. Ball granted him $50,000 bail with the requirement to wear a GPS monitoring device. 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She continued her reports until Sean’s release in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605796484549-QWJ8BRWP6IOYLD99PLND/Sean+-+109+of+135.jpg 2013: Retrial Motion #2 Defense attorney Rosemary Scapicchio, well known in Boston for tackling tough post-conviction legal challenges and winning. https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/incarceration daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605749720523-S0OCACLJ5RV2QM1LKRE8/Sean%2BEllis.prison.2013.jpg Incarceration Sean at Norfolk Prison, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462899794-6AWGDB73NVLODNWVODCJ/100793seanellis.A%26R+escort.jpg Incarceration https://www.justiceforseanellis.com/1993-murder-investigation daily 0.75 2020-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462899792-CDGY1V9GYZODTPS73YX6/JM+in+BG.jpg 1993: Murder & investigation Detective John Mulligan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb16b416a44c01593bd3ebc/1605462899794-6AWGDB73NVLODNWVODCJ/100793seanellis.A%26R+escort.jpg 1993: Murder & investigation Detectives Kenneth Acerra (L) and his partner, Walter Robinson, lead Sean Ellis to jail after his October 1993 arraignment. 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