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[Gail R]

A statewide lottery in Alaska was held recently to benefit a nonprofit organization (STAR - Standing Together Against Rape) that aids victims of sexual abuse.  The winner would receive $500,000.  Get this---the winner is a convicted sex offender.  He was convicted twice in 1993 of sexual abuse of a minor and once again in 2000.  He says he plans to buy himself a house and donate $100,000 of his winnings back to STAR.

[Henu_Nea]

 WHAT?!??!?!??!?!? There should be some kind of rule against that. But that's certainly the epitome of irony.

[MLee]

 WOW! And there isn't anything in the rules about convicted felons being ineligble? Hopefully that will be a lesson to other non-profits! At least some of the money will come back to the group - is that a silver lining?

[AnnOminous]

 Hopefully he will buy that house out in the middle of nowhere far far away from any schools or daycares or anyplace with kids!!!!

[deerewife]

 Actually I don't see an issue other than it's strange that he would choose to buy a ticket to benefit that particular organization.  At least they are getting some money back as a donation - he could have kept it all.

[SarahA]

 Hopefully he actually does donate the money and isn't just saying that so nobody firebombs his new house or something.

[girlsmommy]

 

[bumblebby]

 Well, now his crimes have been made so public, hopefully somebody will mistake him for a moose and shoot him in the head. Accidentally, of course.

I have zero tolerance for sex crimes and any crime involving children.

[Miss Daisy-NC]

 Well I'll be

[Heidi1154]

 Something just doesn't seem right about that!!!

[bluetulip]

 That's horrible! 

[baltoscrapper]

 Talk about ironic.

[n8tvtexan]

 Oh my that IS ironic! I have no tolerance for crimes against children either! I recently found out someone was accused of raping his daughter and her friend here on base. I will no longer let my daughter walk to and from school with all the other kids!

[craftychick09]

  WELLLLLLLLLLLLL NOWW   THEN!!!
Let's just start rewarding all criminals that way!! HOW STINKIN STUPID!@!

[ctaylor0312]

 WOW, I bet that's getting alot of news in Alaska.  What are they saying about it?

[LKappy]

 That makes me want to PUKE!!!
He gets rewarded for what he did/does/will probably do again?!! Aid that is to support the victims he helped create??!!

[katarria]

UGH!  At least he's donating a portion of his winnings back to STAR!

[naney1952]

Quite strange   

[writerlady]

 In Alaska... well, let's call Mrs. Palin...

[love2stamp]

 All I can say is Wow!! You'd think there'd be some rule in the winnings that wouldn't allow that.