Man exonerated in Malcolm X’s murder sues NYC

NEW YORK: A man exonerated last November in the 1965 killing of civil rights leader Malcolm X has sued New York City after it admitted to have wrongly branded him a murderer.
Muhammad Aziz, 84, is seeking $40 million for the two decades he spent in prison and more than 55 years of being wrongly blamed, saying it caused “immense and irreparable” damage to him and his family.A similar $40 million lawsuit was also filed in Brooklyn federal court by the estate of co-defendant Khalil Islam, who spent 22 years in prison and has also been exonerated. \
“They got asmall measure of justice when their convictions were vacated,” Deborah Francois, a lawyer for both plaintiffs, said. “But we want to hold government officials accountable for misconduct. . . ” Islam died in 2009 at age 74. Mayor Eric Adamsin a statement said the city was reviewing the lawsuits.