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New York: two men convicted of the murder of Malcolm X will be exonerated

2021-11-17T18:51:44.649Z


Investigation Reveals Prosecutors, FBI, and New York Police "Covered Up Crucial Evidence" That Would Have Acquired The Two For The Murder A Year Earlier Of This Civil Rights Figure .


Two men convicted in 1966 for the assassination a year earlier in New York of Malcolm X, a figure in the fight for civil rights, will be exonerated, the Manhattan prosecutor's office announced on Wednesday (November 17th).

Read also Malcolm X was assassinated 55 years ago

"

These men were not given the justice they deserved,

" Prosecutor Cyrus Vance Jr. told The

New York Times

on Wednesday

, while his office confirmed that a press conference would be held on Thursday on the "

Two wrongful convictions overturned for the murder of Malcolm X

".

According to the

New York Times

, they are Muhammad A. Aziz, 83, released from prison in 1985, and Khalil Islam, released after serving his sentence in 1987 and died in 2009. According to the New York daily, "

The 22-month investigation conducted jointly by the prosecutor's office and the two men's attorneys reveals that prosecutors,

" the FBI, and the New York Police (NYPD) "

concealed crucial evidence which, if they had known, would probably have led to the acquittal of the two men

”.

In February 2020, after the broadcast of a documentary on Netflix (“

Who Killed Malcolm X?

”), Cyrus Vance asked his teams to re-examine the case.

What we can do is recognize this mistake, the seriousness of this mistake,

” added Cyrus Vance.

Source: lefigaro

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