john yang reports. >> the joint motion is hereby granted. ( cheers and applause ) >> yang: in a new york city courtroom today, justice delayed for muhammadiz and the late khalil islam, wrongly convicted for the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader malcolm x. from new york district attorney cyrus vance jr, an apology: >> i apologize on behalf of our nation's law enforcement for this decades long injustice, which has eroded public faith in institutions that are designed to guarantee equal protection under the law. your honor, we can't restore what was taken away from these men and their families. but by correcting the record, perhaps we can begin to restore that faith. >> yang: from aziz, relief that the legal system has acknowledged what he's known all along. >> while i do not believe this court, these prosecutors, or a piece of paper can tell me i'm innocent, i am very glad that my family, my friends and the proponents who have worked and supported me over these years are finally seeing the truth that they have all known officially recognized. >> yang: the re-evaluation of the case followed a six-part netflix documentary, “who kille