In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american who was convicted in 1966 for the assassination of malcolm x”. Today it says “american man who was convicted”.
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Muhammad Abdul Aziz (formerly known as Norman 3X Butler ; born 1938 ) is an American who was convicted in 1966 for the assassination of Malcolm X .1He was paroled in 1985 and maintains his innocence. He was a member of the Fruit of Islam , the security arm of the Nation of Islam which later evolved to Sunni Islam under the leadership of Warithu Deen Mohammad, and changed his name to Muhammad Abdul Aziz while serving his sentence in prison. He is a former member of the United States Navy . In March 1998, he was appointed as head of security of the Masjid Malcolm Shabazz . A few days after the release of Who Killed Malcolm X? , a six-part documentary series that aired on Netflix beginning in February 2020, New York County District Attorney Cy Vance announced a preliminary review of Aziz's conviction. The district attorney also met with the Innocence Project who are working to re-investigate the case.2
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American man convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X Muhammad Abdul Aziz (formerly known as Norman 3X Butler ; born 1938 ) is an American man who was wrongfully convicted in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X – a conviction that was overturned in November 2021, decades after he was paroled in 1985.Aziz maintained his innocence; and Mujahid Abdul Halim , who admitted to the murder, insisted that Aziz and Khalil Islam, another man who was convicted along with them, were innocent.
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American man convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X Muhammad Abdul Aziz ( Arabic : محمد عبد العزيز ; formerly known as Norman 3X Butler ; born June 27, 1938) is an American man who was convicted, and later exonerated , for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X – a conviction that was overturned in November 2021, decades after he was paroled in 1985. Aziz maintained his innocence; and Mujahid Abdul Halim , who confessed to the murder, insisted that Aziz and Khalil Islam, another man who was convicted along with them, were innocent.
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american who was convicted in 1966 for the assassination of malcolm x
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american man who was convicted
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