FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Florida man wrongfully convicted is now getting payback.

Fifty-three-year-old Leonard Cure will receive a historic compensation of $817,000 from the state.

Cure is the first man exonerated by the Broward State Attorney’s office.

He was released from prison in 2020 after serving 17 years for a crime that he did not commit.

Cure will also receive 120 hours worth of college tuition and fees.

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