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Georgia deputy fatally shoots man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years

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A Georgia deputy fatally shot an exonerated man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years. A man who was wrongfully convicted and spent 16 years in jail was fatally shot by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop in Georgia on Monday. Leonard Allan Cure, who was 53, was wrongfully convicted in 2003 of armed robbery, according to the criminal justice organization Innocence Project. Cure was a client of the organization and was exonerated in December 2020 due to a collaborative reinvestigation by the organization and the Conviction Review Unit of the Broward County State Attorney's Office in Florida. At about 7:30 a.m. on Monday, a deputy stopped Cure, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. A spokesman for the Camden County Sheriff's Office told The New York Times that Cure was pulled over for speeding. Cure reportedly got out of the car at the deputy's request and complied with the officer's commands until he learned he was under arrest, authorit...

Parents of 3-year-old girl killed while riding in Chicago bike lane file wrongful death lawsuit

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The grieving parents of a 3-year-old girl, who was killed while riding in a Chicago bicycle lane last year, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The grieving parents of a 3-year- old girl, who was killed while riding in a Chicago bike lane last year, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit over what they claim were unsafe and illegal road conditions that led to the tragic incident. Tim Shambrook and Kate Snow were riding their bikes in a designated bike lane to take their daughter, Elizabeth Grace "Lily" Shambrook, to her summer day camp the morning of June 9, 2022, when the deadly incident occurred, according to the law firm representing the family. Elizabeth Grace "Lily" Shambrook in an undated photo. Courtesy of Clifford Law Offices A Commonwealth Edison Company utility truck was "illegally parked" in the bike lane at a stop sign, forcing Snow -- who was traveling ahead of her husband with Lily in a child seat carrier -- to move into the traffic lane b...