The Killing Gene

As a child growing up in post World War Two Los Angeles, Leonard Jerome dreamed of being a builder and an architect. His father, Harry, came home from the war a broken man and physically and verbally abused Leonard, his weak-willed mother, Martha and his physically strong but mentally challenged older brother, William. Spending his time pursuing academic excellence and trying to stay away from his father, Leonard approached his high school graduation with the possibility of a college schola...