Former Illinois deputy sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Sonya MasseyA former Illinois sheriff's deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. Her two children said they had to grow up without a mother, while Massey's mother said she lived in fear. "Today, I'm afraid to call the police in fear that I might end up like Sonya," her mother Donna Massey said. Instead, Massey went to the stove, retrieved the pot and teased Grayson for moving away from "the hot, steaming water." The case also prompted a change in Illinois law requiring fuller transparency on the backgrounds of candidates for law enforcement jobs.