Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson will remain behind bars after the Illinois Prisoner Review Board unanimously denied his request for an early medical release from prison. The three-member board voted 3-0 on Friday to reject Grayson’s petition, ensuring that he will continue serving the 20-year prison sentence he received earlier this year for the fatal 2024…
A former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison—the maximum permitted under state law—for the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 for help from her own home nearly a year and a half ago. Thirty-one-year-old Sean Grayson, who was convicted in October 2025 of second-degree…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In response to the tragic killing of Sonya Massey by a sheriff’s deputy last summer, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed sweeping legislation on August 12, 2025, aimed at tightening police hiring standards across the state. Known as the “Sonya Massey Bill” (Senate Bill 1953), the law mandates unprecedented transparency in background checks for prospective…
