According to reporting from the Illinois Times, Sangamon County Deputy Travis Koester, the president of the union that represents deputies in the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office pleaded with a judge to be lenient in sentencing former deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey.
In a letter sent to Circuit Judge Ryan Cadagin Koester said Grayson deserved mercy because of a history of subpar professional training in the sheriff’s office and Grayson’s ongoing treatment for cancer.
When shown Koester’s letter, Sheriff Paula Crouch said she agreed with the sentence Cadagin gave Grayson and was “taken aback” by Koester’s comments.
