Sean Grayson murdered Sonya Massey, according to the state of Illinois, and they have presented a case before twelve jurors to decide whether or not they are right. Final arguments were heard this week, and APNews is reporting that the nine men and three women, only one of whom is Black, have begun their deliberation process.

“She makes it abundantly clear, ‘I want no part of this. Let this be done,’” Sangamon County First Assistant State’s Attorney Mary Beth Rodgers said in her closing argument. “She doesn’t say, ‘Let’s go, Sean.’ She says, ‘I’m sorry.’ He has no right to go into her kitchen, where she’s hiding from an angry man with a gun, he has no right to follow her and shoot her.”

Grayson’s attorney Daniel Fultz tried to convince the jury that Massey posed a threat to his client de

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