Thursday, July 24, 2025
Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County Deputy Sheriff, is seeking to introduce evidence of the mental state of Sonya Massey, the woman he is accused of killing, as part of his defense in an upcoming trial.
Shortly after taking office in December, newly elected Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke quietly scrapped two lengthy lists of tarnished police officers that were maintained by her predecessor to fulfill the office’s constitutional obligations and prevent wrongful convictions.
A final settlement has been reached in a December 2023 lawsuit challenging diversity efforts in State Bar of Wisconsin programs.
The recommendation for Doherty “is significantly less than what the government otherwise would have recommended” had it not been for the sentences already handed down to his co-defendants, a prosecutor wrote.
The mayor of Antioch is calling on lawmakers to revisit and revise the SAFE-T Act after the release of a suspect in a high-profile case involving the death of a woman whose body was discovered in a storage container.