Police in Georgia have shot and killed a person who spent 16 years in jail on a wrongful conviction.
Leonard Allen Remedy, 53, died on Monday after a police deputy pulled him over as he drove alongside Interstate 95 close to the Georgia-Florida line, authorities stated.
Mr Remedy was beforehand sentenced to life in jail in 2003 for the armed theft of a drug retailer in Florida. He had prior convictions for theft and different crimes.
He was launched in April 2020 after a choose dominated that Mr Remedy had strong alibis that have been beforehand disregarded, and there was no bodily proof or robust witness testimony to place him on the scene.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) stated Mr Remedy was killed at round 7.30am on Monday after he bought out of his automobile on the deputy’s request and complied with the officer’s instructions, till studying that he was beneath arrest.
The deputy tasered Mr Remedy, who then assaulted the deputy, the GBI added, earlier than the officer used the Taser once more, together with a baton.
The deputy then pulled out his gun and shot Mr Remedy as he “nonetheless didn’t comply”, the GBI stated.
Emergency providers handled Mr Remedy, however he later died.
The bureau didn’t say what prompted the deputy to drag over Mr Remedy’s automobile.
A non-profit group, The Innocence Venture of Florida, represented Mr Remedy in his exoneration case.
Its government director, Seth Miller, stated after chatting with the Remedy household: “I can solely think about what it is prefer to know your son is harmless and watch him be sentenced to life in jail, to be exonerated and… then be informed that when he is been freed, he is been shot {dead}.”
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Earlier this 12 months Mr Remedy, who lived in a suburb of Atlanta, was given $817,000 in compensation for his wrongful conviction.
Broward State Legal professional Harold F. Pryor, who described the 53-year-old as “sensible, humorous and sort”, stated on the time: “No sum of money will get these years again for Mr Remedy or give him peace however it’s a small gesture that recognises Mr Remedy was wronged and that we, within the State of Florida and within the justice system, will assist him and compensate him.
“After he was freed and exonerated by our workplace, he visited prosecutors at our workplace and took part in coaching to assist our employees do their jobs within the fairest and most thorough approach potential.”
Broward assistant state lawyer Arielle Demby Berger added: “I’ve gotten to know Mr Remedy, ‘Lenny’, these previous years and he has inspired our work in addition to helped us practice future generations of prosecutors.
“Lenny has shared with me that his dream was at some point to work in a cubicle as a substitute of doing guide labour. Now, Lenny can go to varsity and surpass his desires.”
The GBI says it’s conducting an unbiased investigation into the capturing.