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Sex Offender Wins $10 Million Lottery

Monday, February 11, 2008


For the second time in a few months, a convicted felon has won the lottery in Massachusetts. Daniel Snay (photo above), of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, a level 3 sex offender has just won 10 million dollars in a state lottery. Just a few months ago a convicted bank robber in Massachusetts won a 1 million dollar state lottery. Surprisingly, the people of Massachusetts are not too concerned, even though the first lottery winner violated his probation by buying the lottery ticket.

We often comfort ourselves by believing that most sex offenders are locked up somewhere or that they live in mobile home parks designated for felons. Neither is true. The vast majority of sex offenders live next door to you. they have jobs and even have families. And those are just those who have been convicted. Authorities believe that the actual number of sex offenders (both registered and those not yet caught)is about triple the number who are registered.

Megan's Law is now upheld by every state in the US. The law requires that the public must have access to sex offender records for their area. And now you can go online to sites such as http://www.city-data.com and find state and city wide records for virtually anywhere in the US. Most sites include photos of the registered sex offender as well as their living and work address. State records even list the number of sex offenders per capita per state. This site shows the states in order of fewest sex offenders per capita to most sex offenders per capita.

If you have children you need to stay on top of who is living in your neighborhood. Allowing fear to keep you in the dark is not an option when you are a parent. It is your responsibility to protect your children and with the national average of sex offenders being about 0ne in 700, keeping your head in the sand is a very dangerous stance to take.
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