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October 31, 2022

New York to Pay $36 Million to Two Men Wrongfully Convicted in Malcolm X Assassination
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New York City will pay $26 million to settle lawsuits on behalf of two
men who were exonerated in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X. Last
year, a judge tossed out convictions against Muhammad Aziz and Khalil
Islam after finding "serious miscarriages of justice." An investigation
by the Manhattan DA's Office and the Innocence Project found that
prosecutors, the FBI and the New York Police Department omitted key
evidence around the murder. Khalil Islam died in 2009 but his family
filed the suit on his behalf. Aziz spent two decades in prison before
being released on parole. The state of New York will also pay a
settlement of $10 million dollars. Ilyasah Shabazz, one of Malcolm X's
daughters, spoke to Democracy Now! earlier this year.

Ilyasah Shabazz: "We want to know who killed our father, and we want to
make sure that it is properly recorded in history."



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