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Elaine Alice Murphy

In For Life Paperback

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English
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Satuit Press
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6 x 1.25 x 8.75 inches
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0578965658
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978-0578965659
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Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0578965658
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0578965659
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.25 x 8.75 inches

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Elaine Alice Murphy holds degrees from Boston College in English literature and Harvard University in human development. Her work on the Ellis case earned her a Senior Justice Fellowship at Brandeis University’s Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism.

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Lee Husemann

Investigative journalism at its finest!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 1, 2022

Journalist Elaine Alice Murphy was living in Montreal when she inadvertently discovered that a former childhood friend of her son's had been convicted of robbery and murder of a police officer and was serving a life sentence in prison without parole. Remembering the kind, sweet little Black boy who had been bused to their school district and, who had become her son's best friend, she could not believe it. Ms. Murphy began to dig into the case and soon began to uncover a tangle of corruption in the criminal justice system and what she felt was a miscarriage of justice. Sean Ellis went through three trials for the crimes he was accused of before the jury found him guilty. Ms. Murphy began a quest to secure a new trial for Sean Ellis and she spent countless hours, which turned into years, going through volumes and volumes of police reports, court transcripts, witness statements, etc., and traveling to various locations to talk with witnesses and others involved in this case.

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Kathryn H

I appreciated the humanness Elaine highlighted about Sean

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2022

Elaine's writing of the true story of her son's friend grips you from the very beginning and does not let you go. This tale is an old one. Wrong man convicted and the wheels of justice are as slow as ever. I appreciated the humanness Elaine highlighted about Sean, that she wasn't willing to play the same game you normally hear in reporting, black kid kills white cop, but that this was a personal account for her. Sean was a person who meant, and still does, something to her and her family. There was a lot of corruption that was shown in this debacle called justice, and I really really appreciated Elaine's approach to the whole situation, that while emotionally invested as she was, she still did right by presenting the truth and letting that be the guide that set the boundaries of the story. Let the facts stand and the truth will be revealed. I was unaware of the Netflix documentary, but will be looking for it after reading this. I'm especially glad to see that Sean finally did get justice, but the cost to him was mindboggling. Elaine, thank you for the window into Sean's struggle and so glad to see that his path ended in freedom. Sean, the best of luck to you in your journey moving forward.
*I received a copy of this book from NetGalley. This review is my own opinion*

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