Biography
Convicted (as Norman 3X Butler) in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X. The Black Panther Vol. 19 no.7,9 (1979) reports he and Khalil Islam petitioned the Congressional Black Caucus for an investigation, citing the confessed killer's statement that they were innocent. He was exonerated in 2021. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v19 no.7,9; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]