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Trial 4(2020)

DocumentaryCrimeReality
First Air Date: 2020-11-11
Average Runtime: 53m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 22
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8

Charged as a teen in the 1993 killing of a Boston cop, Sean K. Ellis fights to prove his innocence while exposing police corruption and systemic racism.

Keywords

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Seasons & Episodes

Limited Series

Episodes: 8
E01
Chapter 1: Execution-Style Murder

Air Date: 2020-11-11

52m

In 1993, the execution-style killing of a Boston police officer sets off a frantic citywide search for suspects.

E02
Chapter 2: Usual Suspects

Air Date: 2020-11-11

56m

Police home in on a suspect, a 19-year-old named Sean K. Ellis. Boston journalists and cops recall another murder cas...

E03
Chapter 3: Three Trials

Air Date: 2020-11-11

58m

As Ellis and his lawyers recount his first jury trial, former jurors share their decision processes. A witness's stat...

E04
Chapter 4: Badge Of Shame

Air Date: 2020-11-11

54m

Journalists expose corruption in the Boston Police Department, inspiring Ellis to seek a new trial and perhaps a new ...

E05
Chapter 5: Hidden Link

Air Date: 2020-11-11

54m

Ellis' attorney, Rosemary Scapicchio, remains dogged in her pursuit of the missing documents that may hold the key to...

E06
Chapter 6: A Taste Of Freedom

Air Date: 2020-11-11

54m

Knowing it's his last chance, Ellis nervously prepares for a fourth murder trial. Also, an investigator searches for ...

E07
Chapter 7: Black Irish

Air Date: 2020-11-11

1h 0m

As the voters of Suffolk County prepare to elect their next district attorney, Scapicchio digs into who funded the re...

E08
Chapter 8: Worst Case Scenario

Air Date: 2020-11-11

52m

The election of a new district attorney gives Ellis reason to hope. Later, a hush-hush press conference puts everyone...

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Top Cast

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Sean Ellis
Self
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Rosemary Scapicchio
Self - Defense Attorney for Sean Ellis
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Mary Jackie Ellis
Self - Sean Ellis' Mother
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Jillise McDonough
Self - Co-Defense Counsel for Sean Ellis
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William C. Dwyer
Self - Former Detective, Boston Police Department
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David Murray
Self - Sean Ellis' Uncle
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David Duncan
Self - Defense Attorney for Sean Ellis 1993 - 2001
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Toni Locy
Self - Former Reporter, The Boston Globe
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Kevin Cullen
Self - Columnist, The Boston Globe