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Deputy Who Killed Exonerated Man Was Fired for Using Force

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Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge was hired by the Camden County Sheriff’s Office nine months after the violent encounter that got him canned.

Danika Fears
Danika Fears 

Former Senior Breaking News Editor

A Florida man who spent 16 years in prison for armed robbery before being exonerated and freed was shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy.
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Danika Fears

Danika Fears

Former Senior Breaking News Editor

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