Exoneration Is ‘Bittersweet’ for Men Cleared in Malcolm X’s Murder. Malcolm X, Aziz, Muhammad A, Islam, Khalil, False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments, Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Black People, Blacks, Nation of Islam, Civil Rights Movement (1954-68), Innocence Project, Hoover, J Edgar, Vance, Cyrus R Jr, New York City