Three Nation of Islam members were convicted of his murder. But now, a new Netflix series has prompted the New York City district attorney's office to review those convictions and re-investigate who's responsible for killing Malcolm X.
8 min readThree Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images, FILEMalcolm XThree Nation of Islam members were convicted of his murder. But now, a new Netflix series has prompted the New York City district attorney's office to review those convictions and re-investigate who's actually responsible for killing Malcolm X.
"He has determined that the district attorney's office will begin a preliminary review of the matter, which will inform the office regarding what further investigative steps may be undertaken," Frost said in a statement emailed to ABC News.Malcolm X amongst a pile of newspapers, circa 1963.
Thomas 15X Johnson, 30, center, arrives at the police station to be booked for the homicide of Malcolm X, March 3, 1965, in New York City."I just want to testify that Butler and Johnson had nothing to do with it. … I was there, I know what happened and I know the people who were there," Halim testified in court on Feb. 28, 1966, as reported by"There's testimony that provides an alibi for the two wrongfully convicted men," Bertelsen and Dretzin told ABC News.
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