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A man exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X is suing New York City for $40 million

Muhammad Aziz stands outside the courthouse in New York after his conviction in the killing of Malcolm X was vacated on Nov. 18, 2021. (Seth Wenig/AP)

NEW YORK — A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit.

Lawyers for 84-year-old Muhammad Aziz filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn over Aziz's wrongful conviction in the murder of Malcolm X, the civil rights leader who urged Black people to seek justice "by any means necessary."

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