Muhammad Aziz was exonerated after his conviction was vacated in Dec. 2021. Muhammad Aziz, who was wrongfully convicted of murdering Malcolm X, sued New York City Thursday, seeking $40 million for ...

*One of the men who was wrongfully convicted of killing Malcolm X is suing the state of New York following his exoneration in November 2021. We reported previously that Muhammad Aziz, 84, is suing the ...

Muhammad Aziz, a man who was wrongfully convicted in the 1865 assassination of Malcolm X, was exonerated of the crime back in 201. Now, Aziz is filing a lawsuit against the federal government over the ...

The state and city of New York have agreed to pay a man and the family of his late co-defendant $36 million for their wrongful convictions in the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X.

A man wrongfully convicted of killing civil rights icon Malcolm X filed a $40 million lawsuit Thursday against New York City, alleging the wrongful conviction had caused “irreparable damage” to the ...

New York City has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by two men who were exonerated in the assassination of Malcolm X last year. The city will pay $26 million for the wrongful convictions of Muhammad ...

Muhammad Aziz, 84, spent 20 years behind bars after being wrongly convicted of killing Malcolm X. Authorities cleared him in November after finding lapses and corrupt practices in the investigation.

Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were exonerated in Malcolm X's murder Alexis Jones is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on Daily ...

New York City and New York State have agreed to pay $36 million to settle lawsuits filed on behalf of two men who were wrongfully convicted and spent decades in prison for the 1965 assassination of ...

Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam spent more than 20 years in prison after the civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965. He had broken with the Nation of Islam. By Benjamin Weiser New York City ...