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In this photo provided by the Innocence Project of Florida, Leonard Allen Cure poses from the floor of the Florida legislature in Tallahassee, Fla., in April 2023, on the day his compensation bill was passed. Cure, who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction, was shot and killed Monday, Oct. 156, by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities and representatives said.

Georgia deputy shoots, kills Black man who spent 16 years in prison on wrongful conviction

A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop. Leonard Cure was shot and killed by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop Monday.

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Albert "Ian" Schweitzer, left, looks on as Innocence Project attorney Susan Freidman speaks during Schweitzer's court case Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Hilo, Hawaii.

A judge orders the release of a Hawaii man in the case of a 1991 rape and murder

A judge ordered Albert Schweitzer released from prison after his attorneys presented evidence and argued he didn't commit the 1991 murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman visiting Hawaii.

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  • The Associated Press
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended this month that Julius Jones' death sentence be commuted to<strong> </strong>life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Okla. governor grants clemency to Julius Jones hours before he was set to be executed

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Julius Jones after a public outcry. Jones, who maintains he was wrongly convicted of a 1999 murder, now faces life in prison without parole.

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  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Rachel Treisman