Muhammad Aziz, convicted with two other men in 1966 of first-degree murder in Malcolm X’s assassination, is now seeking $40 million worth of compensation in a recently filed lawsuit, said CNN News. Aziz said this amount is for his “immense and irreparable damage” he believes to have been caused by the federal government employees associated with the FBI, according to the lawsuit. Aziz (exonerated in 2021 by New York County Supreme Court Administrative Judge Ellen Biben) alleges the FBI hid evidence that would have shown his innocence at the time of the trial. Aziz and Khalil Islam were only exonerated more than half a century after their wrongful convictions. While Aziz, Islam, and another man, Mujahid Halim, were sentenced to life in prison after their convictions, Halim confessed to killing Malcolm X but had said that neither Aziz or Islam were involved in the assassination, said CNN.

Source: CNN November 24, 2023 17:00 UTC