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    Drug Kingpin gets Death Penalty

    <DIV class=headline>Death Penalty Eyed For Drug Kingpin </DIV><DIV class=byline><DIV class=bylinesource>by Jami Maday, Assistant Editor</DIV><DIV class=dateline>02/08/2007</DIV></DIV><DIV class=fslb1><DIV class=fullstory_linkbar><SPAN class="linkbaritem fslb_ef"><SPAN class=icon></SPAN><SPAN class=link>Email to a friend</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="linkbaritem fslb_op"><SPAN class=icon></SPAN><SPAN class=link>Post a Comment</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="linkbaritem fslb_pf"><SPAN class=icon></SPAN><SPAN class=link>Printer-friendly</SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV><DIV class=storyphoto><DIV class=alignleft><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=235 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle colSpan=3><IMG height=286 alt="Kenneth &amp;#147;Supreme&amp;#148; McGriff" hspace=0 src="http://images.zwire.com/local/Z/Zwire2731/zwire/images/27711_N189.jpg" width=225 vspace=2 border=1></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD width=5></TD><TD vAlign=top align=left width=225>Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff </TD><TD width=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV><DIV class=leadline>Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, a notorious Jamaica drug lord, who was convicted last week of paying $50,000 to have two rivals killed, sat impassively in a Brooklyn courtroom Tuesday as emotional testimony marked the first day of his death penalty trial.
    Jurors wiped away tears as Troy Singleton Jr., 14 year old son of one of the victims, sobbed while stressing the hardships of living without his father.

    </DIV><DIV class=story>“My father was a wonderful human being,” he said of Troy Sr., the New York Daily News reported. “Some days I always think if he was here, my life would be much better.”
    He continued, “At school I think of him all the time. One time I waited for him to see if he was going to come and pick me up. He never did.”
    The boy was one of three witnesses called by prosecutors in McGriff’s death penalty phase.
    Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi
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  • #2
    RE: Drug Kingpin gets Death Penalty

    Where did you find this article?
    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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    • #3
      RE: Drug Kingpin gets Death Penalty

      Here's the link:

      http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?n...574905&amp;rfi=_

      Kenneth McGriff<DIV id=bodyContent><H3 id=siteSub>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</H3><DIV id=contentSub>(Redirected from Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff)</DIV><DIV id=jump-to-nav>Jump to: navigation, search</DIV>

      Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff (born 1961) is a former drug dealer and former leader of The Supreme Team. Some claim that the fictional characters Nino Brown, portrayed in the 1991 film New Jack City and Majestic in Get Rich or Die Tryin are based on him. McGriff served ten years for a 1989 drug conviction, and when released, he helped finance the rap label The Inc. Records, formerly known as Murder Inc. Records, with neighborhood associate Irv Gotti. He was part of the major indictment on Murder Inc. in 2003. Associates are Lorenzo "Fat Cat" Nichols and Gerald "Prince" Miller. The book Queens Reign Supreme details his life.

      One of the most feared gangsters of his era, McGriff is alleged to have a hand in the murder of Run D.M.C. D.J. Jam Master Jay, and the shootings of 50 Cent, a former "employee" of his. He allegedly felt that 50 Cent had exposed just a little too much on the kingpin of Jamaica, Queens in his 2000 mixtape song "Ghetto Qu'ran".

      McGriff was known for his brutality. He would order military style raids on rival drug dealers, with gang members storming a home in vans and automatic weapons on execution missions. The downfall of the Supreme Team occurred with the murder of an undercover cop, Edward Byrne, in retaliation for police activity against Lorenzo Nichols. The law enforcement attention was so great that George H.W. Bush carried Byrne's badge on the campaign trail in 1988.

      On February 1, 2007 McGriff was convicted for murder-for-hire in Federal court, on charges he paid $50,000 to have two rivals gunned down in 2001(rapper Eric "E-Moneybags" Smith and Smith's associate, Troy Singleton). The jury deliberated for five days before finding McGriff guilty of murder
      Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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        RE: Drug Kingpin gets Death Penalty

        If I remember correctly Supreme got life before. After he was released the cops never gave him a moments rest. Just about anything that 'went wrong' in Baisley - South Jamaica, StAlbans was put at his door-step.

        There are a few others who ran with the Superme Team that, I think, the cops believe had a hand in the death of the cop in South Jamaica. They also are either in jail, dead or living a life under constant police pressure.
        "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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        • #5
          RE: Drug Kingpin gets Death Penalty

          Mi hear the supreme team had the jamaican crew in nyc red in the 1980's

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