Former deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey denied early release

Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff's deputy who was convicted of second-degree murder in the fatal 2024 shooting of Sonya Massey, was on Friday denied early release by a prisoner review board.

Grayson had asked for an early release because he has cancer. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in January.

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