Someone who is hired to kill

Viewed 16k times. Suppose that yesterday I was suicidal and decided to hire a hitman on the internet to kill me. Today, when they turn up, I have changed my mind and defend myself by killing the hitman.

Improve this question. Rod Rod 1 1 gold badge 2 2 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. I think the first problem in this scenario is not on of a criminal matter but one of a logical matter.

As a contract killer, if my client and my target are the same person, how do I get paid for doing the job? I mean they always get paid, anonymously and in advance. Someone committed a crime This was one of the plot elements of the movie "Fletch.

I vaguely remember reading an article about deep web marketplaces that offered that exact service. Show 13 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. It appears you want to go for a defense strategy based on a self-defense argument.

Similar case: Bob regularly mugs old women in the park by threatening them with a gun. And you had plenty of other options: There are lots of ways to end your life without requiring the help of a hitman. By getting them involved, you incited them to commit murder killing someone who wants to die is still murder under most circumstances. By hiring the hitman, you created two possible options: Either you kill the hitman, or the hitman kills you and they would be guilty of murder.

Both are the direct consequences of your actions. You could have tried to cancel the hit when you changed your mind if you tried and failed, that might give you a slightly better legal argument You could have called the police and ask them for protection.

Improve this answer. Philipp Philipp 4, 16 16 silver badges 31 31 bronze badges. I would say the Bob and Charlie scenario isn't the exact same as the OP question because at no point did Charlie tell Bob to rob an old woman and then dress up as an old woman knowing Bob was going rob them might be better. Then when Bob moves to rob "her" Charlie has his gun drawn and ready. But over all, yes, hiring a hitman to commit murder is a crime and any death that occurs through your direct actions while committing a crime is automatically a murder, even if you didn't mean for someone to die.

It's also not protected by any contract deal because you cannot make and enforce a contract where either party is required to break the law. And in the event you do make a contract you are now party to the crime as if you did it yourself. Your examples are really poor and only tell one side of the law to fit your answer. For the guy dressing up as an old lady But the guy is pointing a gun at him, which someone illegally pointing a gun at you in the act of a crime - is ALWAYS self defense.

No matter the ruse or setup. So what is the guy who dressed up supposed to do, get shot because he had a silly plan? Not only is it not murder, no jury would come close to it. Now can he get convicted of unlawful use of fire arm or a carry violation or interfering with a police investigation That guy's ploy to dress up as an old lady with the expectation of getting mugged would seem like a failure to retreat , taking stand your ground to an uncommon extreme.

Setting up a sting operation for criminals is reserved for police only, if you lay in wait specifically to catch a criminal, and end up killing the catch, prosecutors can charge and have successfully convicted the defender with murder.

Because, you can always avoid the situation entirely. Inside the home is one of few exceptions. Show 3 more comments. I agree with the last two. Also, FWIW, while a small majority of states borrow something from the MPC, only a few have adopted it in full, and all of modified it in some respects since then.

I went back and forth on whether the suicidal nature of the arrangement affects the analysis. Improve this answer.

Community Bot 1. Brian Donovan Brian Donovan I prefer the hands-on touch you only get with hired goons. In the next few minutes I'm going to figure out how to mark this as solved. Thank you! Actually, intimidator works pretty well. Richard Kayser Richard Kayser Perish the thought that we are being watched right now, as we bandy words in cyberspace with our customary sense of the ridiculous, They are surely the 'Grand Intimidators', the Torquemadas of ELU.

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