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  2. Contract killing - Wikipedia

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    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 illegal agreement which includes some form of compensation, monetary or otherwise.

  3. Proxy murder - Wikipedia

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    A common example of a proxy murder would be a person contracting a hit man, [2] or a hired killer. Hit men commit the act of murder on a specific target or targets, and may receive payment in exchange for the murder or murders committed. This is what is known as contract killing. [3]

  4. List of contract killers and hitmen - Wikipedia

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    A hitman, on the other hand, is a term that is often synonymous with contract killer although it can also be used to denote a criminal who frequently carries out a targeted killing (referred to as a "hit") on behalf of an organized crime syndicate to which they are affiliated with.

  5. Murder by Contract - Wikipedia

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    Claude is a disaffected man who, in search of fast money to purchase a $28,000 house, decides to become a contract killer for a Mr. Brink. After proving his worth by killing targets in a barber shop and a hospital for a Mr. Moon, whom he then kills at Brink's behest, Claude is given a contract to kill a witness in a high-profile trial, which starts in two weeks in Los Angeles.

  6. Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the ...

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    ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the ...

  7. Jhon Jairo Velásquez - Wikipedia

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    Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez (April 15, 1962 – February 6, 2020), also known by the alias "Popeye" or "JJ", was a Colombian hitman, [1] who was part of the criminal structure of the Medellín Cartel until his surrender to the Colombian justice system in 1992.

  8. ‘Hit Man’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Fun True-Life Lark ...

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    Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance” turns on an act of murder-for-hire. And now, just in time to steal the buzz from both those movies, we have Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” a screwball ...

  9. California equestrian accused of trying to hire hitman to ...

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    Tatyana Remley, 42, is accused of trying to organise murder of Mark Remley