Nov 19, 2021 · A judge cleared Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam, two of the three men convicted of the killing in 1966, after a 22-month investigation led by Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and...

Nov 19, 2021 · NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Applause erupted Thursday when a judge exonerated Muhammad Aziz and Kahlil Islam, two of the three men convicted of murdering civil rights activist Malcolm X in...

Oct 31, 2022 · Muhammad Aziz, 84, and Khalil Islam, who died in 2009 at age 74, were convicted alongside Mujahid Abdul Halim in the fatal shooting of Black Muslims' most high-profile spokesman, Malcolm X,...

Oct 30, 2022 · Aziz, a U.S. Navy veteran and the father of six children, was 26 when he was arrested for the 1965 murder of Malcolm X at the Audubon Ballroom. He spent 20 years in prison. Aziz was released on parole in 1985. Two years later, Islam was released after serving 22 years. They each appealed their convictions and always maintained their innocence.

Nov 18, 2021 · A judge tossed out the convictions of Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam, who were found guilty of killing Malcolm X. Mr. Aziz spoke about the “travesty of justice” at a court hearing.

NEW YORK – Nov. 18, 2021 – David B. Shanies Law Office (or “Shanies Law”) and the Innocence Project proudly announced today the long overdue exonerations for Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam, two innocent men wrongly convicted 55 years ago for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X.

Jul 15, 2022 · Muhammad Aziz spent 20 years in prison for the killing before being released on parole in 1985. But in 2021, prosecutors moved to vacate his conviction, citing "newly discovered...

Nov 18, 2021 · The decision follows a two-year investigation from Manhattan's district attorney that determined Muhammad A. Aziz, 83, and the late Khalil Islam were "wrongfully convicted." "I regret that this...

Nov 18, 2021 · Muhammad Aziz, 83, and the late Khalil Islam had professed their innocence since the civil rights leader’s shocking 1965 murder in Washington Heights — but only had their names cleared after a...

Nov 18, 2021 · NEW YORK — Muhammad A. Aziz was in his mid-20s when a jury in New York Supreme Court concluded, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he was one of Malcolm X’s …