Geddings pleads for mercy

bkrueger — Mon, 07 May 2007 11:45:21 -0400

Former state lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings pleaded for mercy this morning from a federal judge who will sentence him this afternoon on mail fraud charges for hiding his business ties to a major lottery vendor.

Geddings told U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever III that a lengthy prison sentence would take him away from his young children during a critical phase in their lives. He said his actions were “all a mistake.”

“I should have been more careful in filling out those ethics forms,” Geddings said. “Looking around, I can see that is the understatement of my life.”

But federal prosecutor Dennis Duffy argued that Geddings had lied repeatedly about his involvement with Scientific Games.

“This was a well-calculated scheme,” Duffy told the court.

Keving Geddings

Geddings pleads for mercy