Former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson is serving a 20 year sentence for the police killing of Sonya Massey inside her Springfield home in 2024.
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office says former deputy Sean Grayson is now in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for killing Sonya Massey inside of her Springfield home in July 2024.
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Deputy convicted of second-degree murder, sits in the Sangamon County Jail to await sentencing.
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Deputy convicted of second-degree murder, sits in the Sangamon County Jail to await sentencing. After a two week long trial, a Peoria County jury, comprised of nine women and three men, convicted the 31-year-old for the shooting death of Sonya Massey inside her Springfield home in July 2024.
Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson is set to be sentenced on Thursday for the deadly shooting of Sonya Massey. This case has sparked statewide outrage, legislative change, and renewed scrutiny of police use of force in Illinois. Grayson was convicted last month of second-degree murder for the July 2024 shooting that killed Massey inside her Springfield home. Prosecutors argued Grayson used unreasonable and excessive force during a late-night response call, while the defense maintained Grayson feared for his safety.
The 63-page report, which the group calls a "blueprint built from the voice of Sangamon County residents," was compiled over the last year.
Lawyers for former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson have filed a motion for a new trial.
Grayson had appealed a decision by a lower court that denied him pre-trial release.
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Deputy convicted of second-degree murder, sits in the Sangamon County Jail to await sentencing.
A jury found former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey inside her home in 2024.