Sean Ellis

Sean Ellis spent more than two decades in prison for a crime he did not commit—the 1993 murder of a Boston police detective. Convicted amid deeply flawed evidence and systemic misconduct, Sean became one of the most high-profile examples of a wrongful conviction in America. His case, chronicled in the Netflix documentary Trial 4, ultimately led to his exoneration and release after 22 years behind bars.

Sean speaks not from theory or hindsight, but from lived experience. He brings audiences face-to-face with the reality of losing decades of their lives, rebuilding from nothing, and confronting a system that usually only admits error when it’s forced to. His voice reframes what freedom actually means, revealing how much remains lost even after release.