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Beating the odds?

By Douglas A. Berman

Though genuinely a serious issue, I have a hard time resisting a few chuckles upon seeing this news item from Boston:A convicted Level 3 sex offender has won $10 million in the Massachusetts State Lottery. The Worcester Gazette & Telegram reports 56-year-old Daniel Snay, of Uxbridge, could now face charges because he failed to notify authorities that he had moved, according to Connecticut State Police. ?I?m flabbergasted,? Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance told the Telegram. ?His whereabouts, until you told me about this, have been unknown to us. But I guess you could say he?s very fortunate.? Snay works driving trucks for a yacht dealership in Mendon. He won the $10 million from a $20 scratch ticket purchased at Cumberland Farms in Hopedale...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 10, 2008 (boomark / email).