A Georgia sheriff's deputy, Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge, will not face charges for fatally shooting Leonard Cure during a traffic stop in October 2023, as the district attorney deemed the deputy's use of force reasonable. Cure, who had spent 16 years wrongfully imprisoned in Florida, was shot during an altercation after a stop on Interstate 95. His family and legal representatives expressed outrage over the decision, seeing it as a failure of justice, further compounding the tragedy of Cure's earlier wrongful conviction and loss of life post-exoneration.
The district attorney concluded that the use of force by the deputy was objectively reasonable, leading to no charges being filed in Mr. Cure's death.
The announcement demonstrated a devastating failure of justice, sending the message that law enforcement officers can take a life without consequence, according to the family attorneys.
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