EMT who was ‘not in the mood for this dumb s—‘ before asphyxiation death of hallucinating man restrained face-down on gurney bonds out in unusual murder case

Peggy Finley, Earl Moore Jr.

Peggy Finley (Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department), Earl Moore Jr. restrained face-down on Dec. 18, 2022 (Law&Crime Network bodycam)

An Illinois EMT charged in the compressional and positional asphyxiation death of Earl Moore Jr., a 35-year-old man restrained face-down on a gurney back in December 2022 while hallucinating from alcohol withdrawal, has bonded out of jail after a favorable appellate ruling in her unusual first-degree murder case.

Peggy Finley, 45, bonded out last Friday, just hours after the Fourth District Appellate Court in Springfield found that she was, in fact, entitled under the law to a lower bond, unlike her co-defendant.

“The circuit court abused its discretion in denying defendant’s motion to reduce bond,” the appellate court ruled, lowering Finley’s bond from $1 million to $600,000. “Defendant argues the circuit court abused its discretion in denying her motion to reduce bond from $1 million to $600,000. We agree and reverse.”

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