Leonard Cure, 53, was wrongfully convicted for armed robbery in 2003. He was exonerated in 2020, and had received compensation by the State of Florida in August.
Updated:CAMDEN COUNTY, Ga. — The man who was fatally shot by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop Monday, was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years, according to the Innocence Project of Florida.
Cure was shot and killed after he was stopped by a deputy for a traffic violation along Interstate 95. He was driving back to his home in Georgia after visiting his mother in Florida, according to a statement from the Innocence Project of Florida. An ATM receipt was used as evidence to prove Cure was miles away from the crime scene at the time of the robbery. Investigators also found that a group of photos of Cure shown to a robbery victim was an"unreliable, suggestive identification procedure." Cure recently received compensation from the state on August 9 for the time he lost while he was wrongfully incarcerated, according to the Innocence Project.
The GBI said Cure violently resisted arrest, assaulting a deputy as he was being taken into custody. When Cure started resisting, he was tased. After he was tased, Cure assaulted the deputy, according to GBI.
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