Leonard Allan Cure was 53.
In this photo provided by the Innocence Project of Florida, Leonard Allen Cure poses from the floor of the Florida legislature in Tallahassee, Fla., April 2023.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.
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 toldthat 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.
In this photo provided by the Innocence Project of Florida, Leonard Allen Cure poses on the day of his release from prison on April 14, 2020, in Fla."The deputy pulled out his gun and shot Cure," the GBI said in a statement. EMTs treated Cure, but he died. The GBI is investigating the incident and the findings will be sent to the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office for review.Cure was on his way home from visiting his mother who lives in south Florida, according to the Innocence Project.
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