Two months after the state of Florida formally apologized to Leonard Cure for the 16 years he lost following a wrongful conviction for armed robbery, authorities say he was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop just across the state line in Georgia.
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Leonard Cure had recently started a new life in metro Atlanta after being imprisoned in Florida for more than 16 years on a wrongful conviction. Just three weeks ago, the
Innocence Project of Florida via AP(ST MARYS, Ga.) A man who was wrongfully convicted and spent 16 years in jail was fatally shot by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop in Georgia on Monday.
Leonard Allan Cure, who was 53, was wrongfully convicted in 2003 of armed robbery, according to the criminal justice organization Innocence Project. Cure was a client of the organization and was exonerated in December 2020 due to a collaborative reinvestigation by the organization and the Conviction Review Unit of the Broward County State Attorney s Office in Florida.
At about 7:30 a.m. on Monday, a deputy stopped Cure, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. A spokesman for the Camden County Sheriff s Office told The New York Times that Cure was pulled over for speeding. Cure reportedly got out of the car at the deputy s request and complied with the officer s commands until he learned he was under arrest, authorities said.
Police said the deputy used a stun gun against C