“These men did not get the justice that they deserved.” “This points to the truth that law enforcement over history has often failed to live up to its responsibilities,” Vance said to the Times. Overall, the Times reported, the reinvestigation found that had this additional material been shown to a jury, it may well have led to acquittals.Ĭyrus Vance, the outgoing Manhattan DA, publicly apologized. Investigators also interviewed a living witness who backed up an alibi for Aziz. Police department files also showed that a local reporter got a call the morning of the shooting indicating that Malcolm X would be killed. Prosecutors’ notes indicate they failed to disclose that undercover officers were present at the time of the shooting. According to the New York Times, the recent inquiry uncovered FBI documents including information that implicated others and not Aziz and Islam. For years, Aziz and Islam said they were innocent Halim said he took part in the assassination but affirmed the innocence of the other two men at trial and after. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesĪziz, Islam and a third man – Mujahid Abdul Halim (known as Talmadge Hayer and Thomas Hagan) – were convicted. Malcolm X is seen in 1963, two years before his assassination.
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