Gnarls

"Ex-offender"? Once someone has broken the law, an "offender", they are always an offender, even after the penalty has been paid, otherwise the "record" would not reflect said "offense" on a permanent basis. Even as any occupation or action a person may perform in their life never goes away i.e. I am not "ex" _Army. I am former Army or simply served in the Army, a veteran, but never "ex"-Army. Y'know the saying "once a Marine always a Marine" pretty much covers everything.  An
ex-offender" could be a person convicted of a crime and was later found to not have commited that crime, actually innocent (it happens), but that person would always be a convict since they were convicted. Although, a person that never commited an offense really should never be considered an offender. Semantics.

Just playing around here.