SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A judge heard arguments regarding the Pretrial Release motion for one of the EMS workers on trial for the killing of Earl Moore Jr. on Monday.
Peter Cadigan's legal team filed a motion for Pretrial Release on the day that the no cash bail law went into effect in Illinois, Sept. 18.
The judge granted the motion, so Cadigan will be released from the Sangamon County Jail. As part of his bond conditions, he must appear in court for hearings and he cannot work as an EMS personnel.
In December of 2022, Cadigan and his coworker, Peggy Finley, were on an EMS call to assist Moore. Footage from cameras worn by Springfield Police officers who were also on the call show Cadigan and Finley strapping Moore in a prone position (face-down) on a stretcher.
Moore died at the hospital on the day he was brought in.
An autopsy performed found that his death was caused by compressional and positional asphyxia due to a face-down restraint.
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Cadigan and Finley were arrested for first degree murder in January of 2023.
Both defendants had originally been held on bonds of $1,000,000 each. In June, Finley's legal team was able to get her bond reduced to $600,000 with 10% to apply. She posted bond and was released on the same day as the ruling.
Cadigan and Finley are due back at court in November
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