(CNN) -- Thomas Hagan, the only man who admitted his role in the 1965 assassination of iconic black leader Malcolm X, was paroled Tuesday. Hagan was freed a day earlier than planned because his paperwork was processed more quickly than anticipated, according to the New York State Department of Correctional Services. Hagan, 69, walked out of the minimum-security Lincoln Correctional Facility at 11 a.m. The facility is located at the intersection of West 110th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard. Hagan had been in a full-time work-release program since March 1992 that allowed him to live at home with his family in Brooklyn five days a week while reporting to the prison just two days.
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NEW: Thomas Hagan walks out of Lincoln Correctional Facility at 11 a.m.
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Hagan set free a day earlier than expected; he's the only confessed killer of Malcolm X
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Hagan, 69, has been in a work-release program the past two decades
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Hagan told parole board he killed Malcolm X over his split with Nation of Islam
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