Muhammad Aziz, Wrongfully Convicted For Killing Malcolm X, Suing NYC For $40 Million
Muhammad Aziz, a man who was arrested at the age of 26 and wrongfully imprisoned for over 20 years for the shooting of Malcolm X, is suing investigators in his case and the city of New York to the tune of $40 million. Aziz and Khalil Islam were both arrested for the civil rights leader’s 1965 killing, but they were both exonerated last year because state authorities found “serious, unacceptable violations of the law and public trust,” in how their cases were handled. Islam, unfortunately, died in 2009 and was exonerated posthumously. Aziz is now 84 and is suing New York on the grounds of denia...