October 17th 2023.
Leonard Allen Cure spent 16 years of his life behind bars after a wrongful conviction. On October 16th, however, he was pulled over by a Camden County deputy on I-95, near the Georgia-Florida line. During the traffic stop, the deputy allegedly asked Cure to get out of the vehicle. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Cure became violent when he was told he was arrested.
The deputy then attempted to subdue Cure with a stun gun and a baton, but when the man failed to obey his commands, the officer drew his gun and fired at Cure. It is still unknown why the officer pulled the 53-year-old man over in the first place.
Prior to this incident, Cure had already served time in prison for armed robbery in Florida and had been acquitted in the end. The Innocence Project of Florida, who represented him in his exoneration case, responded to the news of Cure's death with shock.
Cure had a solid alibi that was disregarded when he was convicted in 2003 for a drug store robbery in Dania Beach. After the Broward State Attorney's Office's new Conviction Review Unit asked for Cure's release, he was freed in April 2020. In December 2020, a judge vacated his conviction and sentence.
Cure was awarded $817,000 in compensation for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment, including the opportunity to pursue his education. When interviewed by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Cure expressed his excitement about his future after his release. Unfortunately, he was never able to experience that future.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is currently reviewing the shooting and will submit their findings to the coastal Brunswick Judicial Circuit district attorney. It is standard for law enforcement to ask the GBI to investigate police-involved shootings in Georgia.
The tragic death of Leonard Allen Cure is a reminder for us to continue to push for justice and accountability in all cases.
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