Thomas 15X Johnson

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Thomas 15X Johnson was one of the convicted assassins of Malcolm X. Both Johnson and Talmadge Hayer, the only assassin who was apprehended at the scene and confessed, claimed that Johnson was innocent of the crime. Hayer further proclaimed Johnson's innocence in two affidavits; see Hayer affidavits.Johnson now goes by the name of Khalil Islam and was paroled from prison in 1987.