Sean K Ellis was convicted in 1995–at his third trial, after two prior hung juries –of the murder and robbery of controversial 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. Sean was a childhood friend of the author’s son. "In For Life" is Murphy’s riveting account of her journey through a corrupt justice system in a quest to free him.