Man imprisoned 16 years for wrongful conviction fatally shot by Georgia deputy

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Man imprisoned 16 years for wrongful conviction fatally shot by Georgia deputy
cbsnews.com

A man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction was shot and killed Monday by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities and representatives said.

Leonard Allen Cure, 53, was identified by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting.

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Hated by two branches out of three

You mean branches of government? I don't think the police are a branch of government... I mean the executive, or the executors is a pretty good description for them, though the branch of government executive tends to execute policy not people.