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Ex-Firefighter Chief Gets 25 Years for Strangling Wife So He Can Be with Mistress

Kevin West, a former fire department battalion chief, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of his wife, Marcy, amidst allegations of an affair.

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Cop sentenced to 20 years for fatally shooting Sonya Massey after she called 911 for help

Body camera footage captured the shooting and the woman’s desperate cries as she begged, ‘Please, God’

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The former Illinois deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey faces up to 20 years in prison

The former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who was convicted of fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her Springfield home could be facing up to 20 years behind bars

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Cop's testimony, judge's instructions influenced outcome of Sonya Massey murder case

The killing of Sonya Massey in her home by an Illinois sheriff’s deputy was pursued by prosecutors as a first-degree murder case with a possible life prison sentence

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Illinois cop convicted of murder for shooting a Black woman dead in her own home after she called 911

Sean Grayson fatally shot Sonya Massey in her Illinois home last summer

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Jury set to resume deliberations in trial of Illinois deputy who killed Sonya Massey

An Illinois jury is set for a second day of deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of a sheriff’s deputy in the July shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had called 911 for help

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Jury deliberations start in trial of Illinois deputy who killed Sonya Massey

An Illinois jury has begun deliberating over the first-degree murder charges against a sheriff's deputy in the shooting death last year of Sonya Massey, a Black woman in her home who had called 911 for help

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Former sheriff’s deputy charged with murder of Sonya Massey testifies his ‘actions matched threat level’

Sean Grayson claims he shot Massey in self-defense after she told him she would ‘rebuke him in the name of Jesus’

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A Black woman was fatally shot in her home by a cop after calling 911 for help. He’s now on trial for her murder

Sonya Massey, a single mother of two teenagers, was killed in her Illinois home by a sheriff’s deputy in July 2024

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Sonya Massey could have been saved after Sean Grayson shot her at home, court hears: Trial Day 4 recap

Ex-sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson is facing murder charges after he shot Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old single mother of two teenagers who called 911 over a suspected prowler

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Opening statements Wednesday in trial of ex-Illinois officer who killed Sonya Massey

Opening statements in the trial of a former sheriff's deputy charged with murder in the shooting death of a Black woman, in her Springfield, Illinois, home are scheduled for Wednesday

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What to know about the murder trial of an Illinois sheriff deputy who killed Sonya Massey

An Illinois sheriff's deputy goes on trial this week in the death of Sonya Massey

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Sonya Massey shooting prompts Illinois law requiring disclosure of police recruits' backgrounds

Background records of police recruits in Illinois must be available to a prospective employer under a new law in response to last summer's shooting death of Sonya Massey

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The trial of an ex-deputy who shot an unarmed Black woman in her home is moved to another city

The murder trial of a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey, an unarmed black woman, in her Springfield home last summer will be moved out of the capital city

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As Migrant Arrests and Deportations Increase, Remember You Have the Right To Record ICE

Law enforcement acts better when officers know the public is watching.

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Family of Sonya Massey, killed by police in her home, receive $10m settlement

An officer of Sangamon county, Illinois, is charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting Massey

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Family of Sonya Massey, Black woman shot in home by sheriff's deputy, accepts $10M settlement

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy responding to her call for help

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Million Settlement Reached In Sonya Massey Shooting Case

Sangamon County settles for million with Sonya Massey's family after her tragic death by law enforcement, sparking calls for police reform.

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Family of woman shot dead by cops after calling 911 to report an intruder to be paid $10m for her killing

Sonya Massey was fatally shot by a police officer in her own home last summer

The Independent UK

US Justice Department, Illinois sheriff agree to policing upgrades after Sonya Massey shooting death

The U.S. Justice Department has reached an agreement with a central Illinois sheriff's office that resolves an inquiry into last summer's shooting death of Sonya Massey

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Fears for civil rights as Trump taps Maga darling for key justice department role

Rights leaders worry that Harmeet Dhillon could harm work into police misconduct, discrimination and hate crimes

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Illinois court orders pretrial release for deputy charged in Sonya Massey's killing

An Illinois appellate court has ruled that a former deputy sheriff charged with murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey should be released from jail pending trial

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Vegas cop shot innocent man in the head after he called 911 to report a break-in and was fighting off an intruder

Brandon Durham, 43, was fighting off a female intruder when an officer shot him multiple times

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2024 is on track to be the deadliest year for police shootings in the U.S. in at least a decade

With 850 police killings this year, some studies suggest that the surge in gun sales have made officers more likely to use deadly force