The Winner

This is a story about an 80 year-old man who won a small amount in the California lottery, and used it to build an empire. His goal was to fi nance a different kind of prison for pedophiles. On the way toward his objective, he affects the country in many benefi cial ways, and is recognized by his city, state and the President at the age of 100. This is both a criminal justice proposal, and a character study of a complicated man.

Hochman had fought a hard battle to have open shops, and he came out a
winner, without any bruises, and a new law in tvventy-nineteen that had put trade
unions out of business, leaving it to individual employers to compete for the best
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