Publisher's Synopsis
Sean K. Ellis was convicted in 1995, at his third trial, after two prior hung juries, of the murder and robbery of Boston detective John J. Mulligan. Age nineteen at the time of the crime, Sean insisted he was innocent. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Elaine Alice Murphy learned of Sean's conviction and was shocked to recognize him as her son Mark's former classmate. A decade earlier he'd been bussed from Boston to the Murphy's suburban school district through a racial integration program. Sean and Mark had been best friends.
Stricken to think that the gentle boy she remembered would die in prison an innocent man, Murphy joined his family and lawyers in a quest to free him. Her research uncovered evidence of Boston police corruption that tainted the Mulligan homicide investigation and trials. Called a "game changer" by the courts, the finding led to the reversal of Sean's convictions and his release from prison in 2015.
In for Life is Murphy's riveting account of her journey through a corrupt criminal justice system and her distress at the two different Americas Sean and her son faced growing up. Woven throughout are insights from her prison conversations with Sean that deepened their bond over two decades - a bond that became life changing for both.
