GUILTY IL - Sonya Massey Shot To Death In Her Own Home by Sangamon County Deputy After Calling to Report a Prowler, Springfield 6 July 2024

[tlcya]

Hoping that there is "truth in sentencing" and the two decades sentence stands firm.

The murder was not committed following say, the officer's arrival on a violent crime scene and a complex, rapidly changing situation. Rather, the murder was committed after the officer knew that the victim did not truly pose a deadly threat.

Subjectively, I think the murder had a social cleansing aspect to it. Little voices are telling me that the victim's low socio economic status contributed towards an attitude of: Got the pretense I needed. Permanently solving this recurring problem- now. Subjectivity cant be used at trial. But... this is not a trial.

I agree with you. and this is a city where everyone is about three degrees of separation from one another at most. Every single person I know who has personal experience of him indicates you are on target with your assessment.

 

[Mack the Knife]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — For the first time since former deputy Sean Grayson’s sentence in January, both legal teams will meet in a Sangamon County courtroom on Friday to learn whether or not the convicted killer will remain behind bars for two decades, or if he’ll see his sentence reduced. It comes after his family, friends, and former colleagues wrote to the judge, asking for an adjusted prison term.
https://www.wcia.com/news/sean-gray...JAlkPOTTgAoVgwcpWg_aem_r1tHvprKjWIzp9pqujw3iw

you can read the letters of support to the court from family and friends at the link

First off, I love that beat for beat, for every dumb excuse the article shares from Grayson advocates, Sonya’s cousin is right there knocking them down.

But beyond that, Grayson was already sentenced. Does anyone understand the legal machinations or reasoning for why that is now up for debate? Even if he was an astoundingly good person who actually did make amends and did morally deserve to be freed earlier than 20 years, I don’t understand the legal justification for doing that right now.

 

[tlcya]

Yeah, I mean I get that his loved ones are distraught. The man is currently in hospital with his stage four cancer treatment. I get his fiancé is sad and his friends are sad, but at the end of the day a jury determined his fate and it was prison. He is getting way more consideration by the system than his victim or her loved ones got from him.

What prison he is housed when not receiving treatment is being kept secret for his own safety and I understand the necessity of that because cop in prison. But I don't think his illness or the pleas of his loved ones should count for a damn thing. His active cancer diagnosis didn't stand in the way of him killing a citizen who he was supposed to serve and protect. It shouldn't stand in the way of him facing the music for that.

sorry not sorry.