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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

Man wrongly imprisoned for 16 years is shot dead by Georgia police officer

Innocence Project of Florida/Associated Press

A man who served 16 years behind bars for a crime that he did not commit was shot dead by a Georgia sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop.

Leonard Allen Cure, 53, was fatally shot by the Camden County deputy who pulled him over while driving northbound on Interstate 95, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), which is reviewing the shooting.

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