http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_fe_st/odd_robber_lottery_winner
This guy has won the lottery but because he is on probation the state might have a chance to take it away from him. I think that is wrong, slap him with a probation violation but how can they take away a million dollars just because he bought a lottery ticket? Now if he stole it... well ok, but this kind of stuff makes me crazy.
2007-11-29 02:04:11 · 7 answers · asked by future dr.t (IM) 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
B'Quotes, lol, initially I missed the irony but I'm glad you pointed it out. I guess I'm having a bad day and this didn't seem fair, on some level I was relating to getting the shaft so to speak.
2007-11-29 02:20:46 · update #1
Seems pretty cut and dried to me. He wasn't suppose to gamble..buying lottery tickets is gambling. A would be bank robber trying to hit the jackpot finally does and has it taken away .Poetic justice!
2007-11-29 02:15:31 · answer #1 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, according to the law, he wasn't supposed to be playing the lotto as a term of his release. Technically, the state has every right to take it away.
However, the guy actually won.. I would imagine that the only reason he was robbing banks to begin with was because he desperately needed money. I suppose this would keep him from doing that again.
As far as "right" and "wrong" -That depends on whether you believe in the law or some moral standard you've set for yourself outside the law.
Personally, I think they should just let him have it, but at the same time it is a slippery slope in our courts to say that the ends justify the means. -If you let him keep the money for doing something he was expressly forbidden not to do.. why not just let him keep the money for the bank robbery?
On top of that, have his victims been compensated? Were his criminal profits paid back? _-More details are needed here.
2007-11-29 02:16:56 · answer #2 · answered by Leina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He violated the terms of his probation.
>>>Under terms of his probation, he "may not gamble, purchase lottery tickets or visit an establishment where gaming is conducted, including restaurants where Keno may be played."<<<
I don't know the entire story, but a gambling addiction may be what led him to rob a bank in the first place.
2007-11-29 02:12:57 · answer #3 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whether it seems fair or not, he did violate terms of his probation
Under terms of his probation, he "may not gamble, purchase lottery tickets or visit an establishment where gaming is conducted, including restaurants where Keno may be played." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_o...
By doing so, he forfeits his winnings, among other things that the court may impose.
2007-11-29 02:12:26 · answer #4 · answered by Acts 4:12 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he violated the terms of his parole.
not only should he not be allowed to collect, but he should be punished for it.
rules are rules.
however, since lotteries are state run, I'm surprised that they include this as it generates revenue for the state.
the real answer is that it happened in massachusetts which is a state that is almost as screwed up as texas and california.
2007-11-29 02:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thank God I'm an Atheist who doesn't let things like this get to me.
2007-11-29 02:08:20 · answer #6 · answered by S K 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i thought only prisoners have their lives owned by govt or active military....been there did that
2007-11-29 02:11:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋