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Jamel McGriff, 42, a Bronx ex-con with a decades-long rap sheet, has been charged with 14 counts of murder and 37 charges in total, including kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, weapons offenses, grand larceny and identity theft, the Queens County District Attorney’s Office said.
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
And the trickster god Elegba, Orisha of the crossroads, stands between them, a wily ex-con buddy of Oshoosi’s — not bad, not good, a Mephistophelean drifter who secretly longs for the fraternal intimacy that is his friend’s by birthright.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
That would be up-and-coming ex-con rapper Yung Felon (Rocky), who leads King and the police on a chase through the Bronx but winds up with the money.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
In 1970s Detroit, an ex-con is out for revenge after being framed by a gangster for loving the wrong woman.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
And the trickster god Elegba, Orisha of the crossroads, stands between them, a wily ex-con buddy of Oshoosi’s — not bad, not good, a Mephistophelean drifter who secretly longs for the fraternal intimacy that is his friend’s by birthright.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
That would be up-and-coming ex-con rapper Yung Felon (Rocky), who leads King and the police on a chase through the Bronx but winds up with the money.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
In 1970s Detroit, an ex-con is out for revenge after being framed by a gangster for loving the wrong woman.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Ex-con.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ex-con. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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