Editor’s note: This story originally ran in the Illinois Times and was republished with permission.

PEORIA — A Peoria County jury found former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson guilty Oct. 28 of second-degree murder, deciding that he mistakenly believed he was justified in shooting and killing Sonya Massey to avoid being scalded by a pot of hot water she had raised over her head. Jurors were chosen from that county because of extensive pretrial publicity in Sangamon County.

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