Malcom X assassin to walk free after 4 decades

"He is tentatively scheduled to be released on April 28," New York state parole board spokesman Marc Violette told AFP.
The decision was taken at a parole hearing on March 3, Violette said. Such hearings are not widely publicized and the news only emerged this week.
Hagan, 69, was a member of the militant Nation of Islam movement when Malcolm X was shot in New York while giving a speech.
He told his trial a year later that he was responsible for the slaying.
Malcolm X was a controversial black rights leader and had been a top Nation of Islam figure.
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