Stacie L. Patterson Law Blog

Thomas Hagan, the man convicted of assassinating Malcolm X has been 
released on parole.  It was Hagan's 17th parole attempt.  Hagan served 
45 years for the crime he admitted to committing.  Two other men were 
also convicted of the crime but were released in the 1980's.  Both men 
maintained their innocence and Hagan claims they were not involved.

During his incarceration, Hagan earned a master's degree in Sociology 
and spent five days a week working in settings that included a 
homeless shelter, under his work-release arrangement.  He spent those 
nights at his Brooklyn home with his family, while the remaining two 
days were spent in a Manhattan prison.

Hagan gunned down Malcom X, on February 21, 1965.  The civil rights 
leader was scheduled to give a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in 
Harlem when he was shot.