Sean Grayson will stay in prison after board rejects medical release request
Summary
Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder, was denied medical release by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. Grayson is about six months into a 20-year sentence for killing Sonya Massey and had requested early release due to advanced colon cancer.Key Facts
- Sean Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey.
- He is serving a 20-year prison sentence and has been in prison for about six months.
- Grayson applied for medical release under a law called the Joe Coleman Act, citing advanced colon cancer.
- A medical examiner found Grayson likely to die within 18 months, but Grayson himself did not confirm this in his application.
- The Illinois Prisoner Review Board denied Grayson’s request for medical release.
- State’s Attorney John Milhiser opposed the release, noting Grayson already had cancer at the time of the murder and that it was considered during sentencing.
- Massey's family and lawyers supported the board’s decision and spoke against early release.
- Grayson claimed in his application that Massey attacked him before the shooting, showing no remorse for the killing.
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