Report: 2 men to be cleared in 1965 killing of Malcolm X

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men convicted successful the assassination of Malcolm X are acceptable to beryllium cleared aft much than fractional a century.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that prosecutors present accidental authorities withheld grounds successful the civilian rights leader's killing.

The paper reports that Muhammad Aziz and the precocious Khalil Islam are being exonerated aft a astir two-year probe by their lawyers and the Manhattan territory attorney's office.

According to the news outlet, the probe recovered that prosecutors, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the New York Police Department withheld grounds that apt would pb to the acquittal of the 2 men.

A tribunal day is expected Thursday. District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. told the paper that the men did not get the justness they deserved.

Malcolm X was gunned down arsenic helium began a code successful Harlem's Audubon Ballroom connected Harlem's Audubon Ballroom connected Feb. 21, 1965.

Aziz, 83, was released from situation successful 1985, and Islam was released successful 1987. He died successful 2009.