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Driven by a desperate need for cash, a district court judge exploits the authority and influence of his position in an attempt to seize ownership of a mislaid lottery ticket worth millions.
His quest to fend off personal ruin is fraught by staggering setbacks as he underestimates the determination of his wife, a college student and a cabbie to put a stop to his plans.
Perhaps the judge’s most serious miscalculation is his disregard for the threat posed by a deranged sniper who has arrived in
Massachusetts intent on silencing the “liberal activist judiciary."

Excerpt….. D’Arcy Rohmer crept low within a deep ravine. He removed several branches and some dry leaves camouflaging a Barrett M98 semi-automatic sniper purchased easily two months earlier at a gun show in Arkansas.
It had been a magnificent event—a true orgy for gun lovers—with over 600 tables attended by thousands.
The televangelists and the conservative talk show hosts had been clear: the liberal activist judges had to be stopped. The abortionists continued to flourish and the proponents of stem cell research were growing in numbers, advocating their evil harvest. America simply had to return to some basic family values…...