Amazon Quiz: New York City has agreed to pay $26 million to Muhammad Aziz for wrongful convictions for…?
New York City has agreed to pay $26 million to Muhammad Aziz for wrongful convictions for whose murder?
Martin Luther King Jr.
John F. Kennedy
Malcolm X
James Garfield
Answer: Malcolm X
Muhammad Aziz is one of the two men who was wrongly convicted in the murder of American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X. The 39-year-old was assassinated in 1965.
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New York City said that it is settling lawsuits filed on behalf of Aziz and Khalil Islam. The two were exonerated last year in Malcom X’s murder. The city has agreed to pay $26 million for the wrongful convictions which led to both men spending decades behind bars.
The state will pay an additional $10 million.
“Muhammad Aziz, Khalil Islam, and their families suffered because of these unjust convictions for more than 50 years. The City recognized the grave injustices done here, and I commend the sincerity and speed with which the Comptroller’s Office and the Corporation Counsel moved to resolve the lawsuits,” David Shanies, an attorney representing the two men, confirmed in an email.
Shanies added, “the settlements send a message that police and prosecutorial misconduct cause tremendous damage, and we must remain vigilant to identify and correct injustices.”
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Aziz is 84 years old and Islam died in 2009. Prosecutors said new evidence of witness intimidation and suppression of exculpatory evidence had undermined the case.
Then-District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. apologized for law enforcement’s “serious, unacceptable violations of law and the public trust.”
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