A New York judge exonerates two of those convicted of the murder of Malcolm X

Muhammad Abdul Aziz, 83, and the late Khalil Islam spent two decades in prison accused of having participated in the death of the civil rights activist in 1965. In addition, Mujahid Abdul Halim was convicted, who during the trial admitted to having participated in the murder. .

A New York judge has ordered the annulment of the murder convictions pronounced in 1966 against two of those accused of murdering civil rights activist Malcolm X.

Is about Muhammad Abdul Aziz, 83, and the deceased Khalil Islam |, who spent two decades in prison accused of having participated in the death of Malcolm X. In addition to Abdul Aziz and Islam, he was charged and sentenced to life imprisonment Mujahid Abdul Halim, who during the trial admitted having participated in the murder and insisted that the other two defendants had nothing to do with it.

Judge Ellen Biben has accepted accepted the request for exoneration before the appearance of new evidence and the discovery that the FBI and the NYPD concealed evidence during the trial.

Before the sentence was read, Abdul Aziz | He has assured that from the beginning he and his relatives knew the truth about his innocence and considered the process “corrupt”, but he has pointed out the importance of this “being officially recognized.”

Malcolm X died on February 21, 1965, when he was shot by three men as he was about to give a speech at an auditorium in Manhattan.

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