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- Christopher Ellis, the defendant, was found not guilty in January 2025 after a retrial for the murder of Hofstra University coach Joseph Healy, a conviction vacated in 2021.
- A lawsuit alleges Ellis was deprived of water and an attorney during a 14-hour interrogation, leading him to sign a false confession.
- Ellis spent 30 years in prison for the murder; his attorney called the case a failure and demanded accountability.
