By Allan Lengelticklethewire.com
The mystery surrounding the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X may remain just that — a mystery.
The New York Times reports that the Justice Department has declined to reinvestigate the assassination. It said the statute of limitations had expired on any federal laws that might apply.
“Although the Justice Department recognizes that the murder of Malcolm X was a tragedy, both for his family and for the community he served, we have determined that at this time, the matter does not implicate federal interests sufficient to necessitate the use of scarce federal investigative resources into a matter for which there can be no federal criminal prosecution,” the department said.
The Times reported that historians have long considered the assassination in New York in February 1965 unsolved. It said some feel a bungled investigation resulted in the imprisonment of the wrong people while allowing the guilty to go uncharged.
The Times reported that a new book, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”, has prompted some some advocates to push for a reopening of the case.
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