In a statement, Aziz said, “The events that brought us here should never have occurred those events were and are the result of a process that was corrupt to its core - one that is all too familiar - even in 2021. Aziz, now 83, was paroled in 1983, and Islam was released in 1987 (he died in 2009). 'Silence of the Lambs': 'It Broke All the Rules'Īziz and Islam were both sentenced to life in prison, and each served more than two decades, although they always maintained their innocence. The investigation also did not uncover a government or police conspiracy to kill Malcolm X, although it still left many questions lingering about how and why authorities and the federal government failed to prevent the assassination.
In the new investigation, authorities did not reveal who they think actually killed Malcolm X, and several potential suspects who were implicated but never arrested are dead.
While there’s long been skepticism over Aziz and Islam’s guilt, the investigation officially concluded that the two would have likely been acquitted if the Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York Police Department had not withheld key evidence. 18, capping off a 22-month investigation led by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Aziz and Khalil Islam are expected to be exonerated Thursday, Nov. The two men convicted of assassinating Malcolm X are expected to have their convictions overturned following a new investigation into the 1965 murder of the influential Black activist and civil rights leader, The New York Times reports.