Prosecutor seeks to erase Sean Ellis firearm convictions
March 17, 2021
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BOSTON (AP) Boston s top prosecutor said Wednesday she wants to erase the remaining gun convictions for a man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the killing of a police officer before his conviction was overturned.
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins filed a motion asking a judge to grant a new trial for so her office can drop the remaining charges against Sean Ellis, whose fight to prove his innocence was documented in the Netflix series “Trial 4.” Rollins said Ellis case is “tainted by significant and egregious police corruption and prosecutorial misconduct.”
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