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| Georgia Deputy Reportedly Fatally Shoots Man Who Spent 16 Years In Jail After Wrongful Conviction |
| 2023-10-18 |
| [Daily Caller] A man who spent 16 years in jail on a wrongful conviction was shot by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop in Kingsland, Georgia, ABC News reported Monday. The individual, identified as 53-year-old Leonard Allen Cure, had spent 16 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 2003. Cure was exonerated in December 2020 following a collaborative reinvestigation by the Innocence Project and the Conviction Review Unit of the Broward County State Attorney’s Office in Florida, according to ABC News. A deputy stopped Cure for speeding at around 7:30 a.m. Monday. The situation reportedly escalated when Cure allegedly "assaulted" the deputy after being placed under arrest. Cure allegedly did not comply after the deputy used a stun gun and baton on him, ABC reported, citing the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI). "The deputy pulled out his gun and shot Cure," the GBI said in a statement cited by the outlet. Cure succumbed to his injuries despite receiving medical treatment at the scene, according to the outlet. No officers were injured as a result of the incident, ABC reported. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 Just watched the video. Noncompliant then combative. Taser didn't stop him and he was choking the officer out. Nice new Dodge Ram truck (wonder who bought that?) Dude did everything but draw a weapon on the officer before the shooting. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-18 20:53 |
| #11 Yeah, headline makes it sound like guy got bushwacked at the bus stop outside the pen. I'd say fair odds toxicology says he wasn't pulled over at 7:30am for speeding because he was going to be late for work. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-10-18 14:10 |
| #10 Pretty sure he is a lifetime criminal, just had his sentence reviewed and adjusted based on some leniency criteria. I suspect, given the state of modern journalism, that the reporter saw "Innocence Project"... and stopped reading the part about "Conviction Review Unit". |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-10-18 12:41 |
| #9 ^ It's called "subjectivism." People who are opposed to it are called "Randroids." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-18 11:57 |
| #8 ^Well you know these protests Israel had for months. It's all because the legislative branch wanted to take away the Supreme Court's right to say "That law/goverment decision seems unreasonable to us - hence, it's illegal." |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-18 11:47 |
| #7 The courts are making it up as they go along. I don't wanna hear one more damn mention of "stare decisis." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-18 11:41 |
| #6 So the headline was itself a lie? |
| Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 2023-10-18 11:31 |
| #5 I thought armed robbery carried a 15 year sentence, so the author is blowing smoke up our ass trying to get shit started. |
| Posted by: Chris 2023-10-18 09:02 |
| #4 Look at him. Could he really have done anything wrong? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2023-10-18 08:00 |
| #3 So why the headline - author's whimsy? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-18 07:30 |
| #2 :...spent 16 years in jail after being Some deeper case details "On April 14, 2020, the CRU agreed to modify Cure’s sentence to 16 years to allow him to be released based on time served..." In short. He was NOT found wrongfully convicted, just released with time served. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-10-18 05:50 |
| #1 Talk about bad luck guy? Or, maybe, self distructive behavior? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-10-18 04:52 |