Malcolm X’s Louisville ties remembered as 2 men convicted in his assassination exonerated

Two of the three men found guilty in the 1965 assassination of one of the most influential civil rights leaders, Malcolm X were exonerated Thursday after spending decades in prison for a crime they did not commit.

Authorities withheld evidence that would have cleared Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam of the killing during their trials, according to a 22-month re-investigation conducted by the Innocence Project and the men’s attorneys. Both men were exonerated Thursday; Aziz, released from prison in 1985, is now 83, and Islam, released in 1987, died in 2009.