Norman 3X Butler, 26, a suspect in the slaying of Malcolm X, is escorted by detectives at police headquarters, after his arrest, in New York, Feb. 26, 1965. (AP Photo, File NEW YORK CITY -- Nearly 57 ...

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 ...

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 city and state of New York have agreed to pay $36 million to settle lawsuits on behalf of two men wrongly convicted and imprisoned for decades for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X. Muhammad ...

New York City will settle lawsuits filed on behalf of two men who were exonerated last year for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X. The city will pay $26 million for the wrongful convictions. The ...

What justice for Malcolm X means took on a new resonance after the exoneration in 2021 of two of the three men imprisoned for killing him. Muhammad Aziz, 84, and the estate of Khalil Islam, who died ...

Two of the three men convicted of killing the civil rights activist Malcolm X were exonerated in a Manhattan court Thursday. A judge dismissed the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam after a ...

Muhammad Aziz spent over 20 years behind bars and nearly twice as long on parole before being exonerated in the assassination of Malcolm X in New York City nearly 60 years ago. Aziz, 85, is still ...

Lawyers for Muhammad Aziz, who spent two decades in prison for the 1965 murder of Malcolm X, filed a civil rights lawsuit Thursday. Muhammad A. Aziz, who spent two decades in prison for the 1965 ...