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The family of Leonard Cure, a Georgia man shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy three years after he was exonerated and freed from prison, has filed a federal lawsuit.
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Leonard Cure's family is seeks damages in excess of $16 million, violations of the 4th Amendment and supervisor liability against the sheriff in the federal lawsuit.