A man who was wrongfully convicted and spent more than 16 years in prison before being released in 2020 was fatally shot on Monday by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, the authorities said.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigations, which is conducting an independent investigation of the shooting in Camden County, identified the man, who was Black, as Leonard Allan Cure, 53.
Cure was the first person exonerated by the Broward State Attorney’s Office Conviction Review Unit.
The bureau said in a news release that a Camden County deputy, who was not identified, initiated a traffic stop early Monday on Interstate 95, not far from the Florida state line.
Cure was pulled over.
Persons:
Leonard Allan Cure, Cure
Organizations:
Georgia Bureau of Investigations, Broward State, Innocence, of Florida
Locations:
Georgia, Camden County, Florida