An Illinois appellate court ruled Wednesday that Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Sherriff's deputy accused of killing Sonya Massey, should be released from jail pending trial.

Update at 7 p.m. John Milhiser, the Sangamon County State’s Attorney, has issued a statement following the decision of an appellate court to overturn Sean Grayson’s pretrial detention. “I spoke to the family of Sonya Massey today after the opinion was released and told them that the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office remains committed to seeking the continued pretrial detention of Sean Grayson,

In his opinion for the court, Justice Eugene Doherty found fault with prosecutors for basing their arguments against release on the way Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson acted during the shooting.

Grayson has been in custody since his arrest for first degree murder in the death of Sonya Massey this summer.

The state court ruling reverses the detention order over former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean P. Grayson who has been in custody since he was charged in the July 6 fatal shooting of the 36-year-old Black woman.

An Illinois appellate court ruled Wednesday that a former deputy sheriff charged with the murder of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who called police fo

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the deadly police shooting of a Black woman that happened at her downstate Illinois home back in July.

An Illinois appellate court has ruled that Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy accused of killing Sonya Massey, should be released from jail pretrial. Grayson is facing charges of first-degree murder for killing the 36-year-old woman in her home the morning of July 6.

An Illinois appellate court has ruled that a former deputy sheriff charged with murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey should get another hearing on his pretrial release.