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  2. Contract killing (also known as murder-for-hire) is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people. [1] It involves an agreement which includes some form of compensation, monetary or otherwise. It is an illegal agreement.

  3. Oct 7, 2019 · Hitmen perform a service that is unimaginable to most people, with some carrying out dozens of hits over their careers. One infamous mob killer, Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski, may have boasted as many as 250 victims. Still, killers for hire differ from serial killers, most of whom take lives to satisfy some inner urge. Hitmen are in it for ...

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  4. Jun 11, 2019 · Criminologists have a name for a person who hires a hit man: instigator. They also confirm what news stories suggest: Lots of instigators get caught because they don’t know what they’re doing....

  5. May 16, 2024 · As commonly understood, a hitman is hired by a client who wants a third person dead. The killer may be an independent contractor who establishes an arms-length arrangement with the client, or, in the case of organized crime, may already be an associate or employee of the client.

  6. May 21, 2015 · S uccessful contract killers are people who are able to see what they do purely as a job, according to a new study published by researchers at England’s Birmingham City University.

  7. Oct 10, 2021 · Although there are similarities between comfort/gain serial killers and hired assassins, they are separate and distinct categories. Comfort/gain killers commit murder in response to an...

  8. Jun 15, 2019 · OToole, at the height of his criminal exploits, was regarded as one of Britain’s most feared hired killers, and in court was once described as a ‘professional hitman’. In this chapter, I argue that O’Toole was by no means a professional hitman.

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