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The other two suspects, Butler and Johnson, were arrested a week later after witnesses allegedly identified them as being the other gunmen. However, during the ensuing trial, both Johnson and Butler maintained their innocence. Hayer admitted to being a part of the plan to assassinate Malcolm, but testified that Johnson and Butler were not involved, according to a New York Times article from March 1, At the time of the trial, Hayer did not name any other culprits.
There was no evidence linking Butler or Johnson to the crime. Butler even had an alibi for the time of the murder: He was at home resting after injuring his leg; a doctor who had treated him took the stand during the trial.
Nonetheless, all three men were found guilty in and sentenced to life in prison. The scene of the crime was processed so quickly, for example, that a dance party happened at the Audubon Ballroom just hours after the shooting. In and , Hayer submitted two affidavits in which he continued to assert that Butler and Johnson were not involved in the assassination. He said that he was approached by two of the four men who told him that Malcolm X should be killed.
They later met with the other two men and discussed how they would commit the crime. Butler was paroled in Johnson was released in and died in Hayer was released in Mazucci adds that the NYPD must release all their records in order for the case to be properly reviewed.
A lot of the details, however, remain redacted. For example:. Ali says that is a mistake. In February, however, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced that his office will review the case, working with the Innocence Project, a nonprofit that works to exonerate innocent people. Butler — who is now being represented by the Innocence Project — is featured in the documentary. Write to Josiah Bates at josiah. Threats from the Ku Klux Klan forced the family to move to Lansing, Michigan , where his father continued to preach his controversial sermons despite continuing threats.
In , Malcolm was taken from his family by welfare caseworkers. By the time he reached high school age, he had dropped out of school and moved to Boston, where he became increasingly involved in criminal activities. In , at the age of 21, Malcolm was sent to prison on a burglary conviction. It was there he encountered the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam, whose members are popularly known as Black Muslims.
After six years, Malcolm was released from prison and became a loyal and effective minister of the Nation of Islam in Harlem, New York. In contrast with civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. In the early s, he began to develop a more outspoken philosophy than that of Elijah Muhammad, whom he felt did not sufficiently support the civil rights movement. A few months later, Malcolm formally left the organization and made a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, where he was profoundly affected by the lack of racial discord among orthodox Muslims.
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