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"the acts of merely negotiating and paying for a contract killing (that is never actually carried out) are themselves punishable as attempted murder" Attempted murder requires an attempt to be made, not just spoken about. Contracting a hit-man would, however, in and of itself satisfy all the requirements for "Conspiracy to commit murder". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.162.176.118 ( talk) 03:53, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
"A hitman also carries a standard equipment. At first of all they have a expensive suit because they earn a lot of money. They also carry leather gloves and they have syrines. They usualy cary two types of syrines. Syrine sedative and syrine poisen. They also have a fibre wire (strangle wire)and a handgun or pistol with mostly a silencer and a common ammo like 45 ACP. Also some hitmans have a bald head, so that they wont leave hair on the crimescene just like their leather gloves for fingerprints. Proffesional hitman always carry this equipment because it's everything they need. They also carry a special suitcase, for their equipment or a sniper rifle like the W2000 sniper rifle. This will fit perfectly in the suitcase. And will only be used for the hits on long distant. The syrine sedative makes a grown up men unconsinous and the syrine poison usualy kills instantly. Proffesional Hitman have this equipment and they have a bankaccount under a false name for their earned money each hit. Or it is given cash."
This sounds like someone's being playing too many video games. I'm going to remove it. JaMiE P 10:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
New comment, placed at top due to there being a sample article in the bottom The information below on hitman, and methods of killing people do not seem to be specific to the subject of contract killing, but are a signifigant ammount of information that may belong in other, or their own articles, links to such articles would be helpful as well. Xaosflux 18:02, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Would it be impossible to sue for specific performance if the government was the one hiring; let's say an assassin for the CIA.
I there any judicial system uin the world where one can sue a hitman for not performing the task, or a hit man can sue for his pay Franz-kafka 21:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
This page looks like a disambig page with the phrases "Hitman can refer to (blah)," but then it's got the crime box on the right. We should have it be a disambig page to a hitman (crime) page, and the crime box is only on the hitman (crime) page. Any disagreements? -- zandperl 14:03, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
It says that "Hitman" is a third person console shooter about a retired assasin forced back into service. Actually, this is Hitman 2: Stealth Assasins. The first game, Hitman: Codename 47, commonly referred to as just "Hitman" had a different storyline, and was, to my knowledge, only on PCs. Aerothorn 15:10, Apr 27, 2004 (UTC)
Maybe the Terminator should be removed, because he was programmed, not hired, to kill.-- U.U. 13:51, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
Can it be called a "contract"? It might be an agreement but an illegal contract is an oxymoron. -- Daniel C. Boyer 23:45, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
UK law [as reported by The Times 17/06/06] seemingly recognises a contract to kill as a legal agreement between two parties. It is worth noting Britain has a [ Common law] legal system. Goscuter1 ( talk) 21:30, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Contract killing Underworld Mafia ( talk) 06:37, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
This page looks like just a big list of historical and fictional hitmen. Shouldn't those names be moved to separate pages, List of hitmen and List of fictitious hitmen? -- zandperl 15:50, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
This thing reads like a 7th grade book report. I'm not an expert, so I can't fix it, but hopefully someone will. -- Uncle Bungle 20:13, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Couldnt Agree more, the article mixes Fiction and Reality, it should be separated. -- Ratone 20:37, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
is this better?
is there someone irritated by this article because it has been changed about ten times the last few days. first it was a short article, then a long one that literly explains how to kill, then again the short one, long one. short one,long one... what's the matter people? are there two authors fighting for possesion on this aricle? p.s. i think the long one is better. jumpy jack.
here is my article owen, i suggest you read it and place your comment.
A hit man (or hit man is someone who murders for money. Someone who kills for the benefit of political or ideal reasons is called an assassin. A hit man will thus not sacrifice his own life for beliefs and will try to get away with the murder and use the money received.
The word hit man originated during the peak years of mafia influence in America during the twenties and thirties. However, the idea existed long before that even though in the past most assassins did their killings for their own beliefs and not just for the money.
A hit man is different form other murders since they usually don’t have any associations with their targets. The idea behind the hit man is as follows: Instead of committing their own murders, one should hire a complete stranger for a short-term contract to kill some one the employer can benefit from his/her death. When the killer is unknown to any of the victims or anybody else it will be much harder to track him down. Police forces usually try to find some dilemma between the victim and his friends/family and will try to find the motive for the murder and find evidence that the suspect was there at the time. When a stranger performs the kill it is much harder to find out who did it and the employer will thus avoid the annoying questions by police forces and in some case won’t even fall under suspicion.
There are thousands of ways people can kill each other, however not every technique is satisfying or just not able for normal people. Most common used methods known by interviewing real-life hit men are these:
Short distance firearms: one of the most simple and safe ways to kill a person, especially when a silencer is available. Public shootouts sometimes require that the gun will be used without a silencer to create chaos. The silencer is used for two reasons; -to prevent that the shot will be heard by people who are not close to the target and thus giving the gunman more time to escape before the body is discovered. -to prevent people to know where the shot came from (the silencer also suppresses the flash). And also giving the gunman more chance to safely escape.
Long distance firearms: these consist of sniper rifles or other carbine guns (such as the ak-47 or M4). These weapons allow the hit man to stay at a safe distance from the target and thus giving him more chance to escape. These weapons are very useful for eliminating well protected targets. Some sniper rifles can be used with a silencer too. Mostly to give the gunman a second chance if he misses when the missed shot had gone unnoticed. The silencer attached to the sniper rifle also has the other two functions as the one described at firearms. Sniper rifles or other rifles are harder to get and conceal for the usual person and thus are not often used. Also snipers require a lot of training and most people can’t get these training without either joining the army or join a club. Crossbows, blowpipes and other long distance firing projectiles can also be used (even though it’s very uncommon).
Bombs: bombs can be used to take out more then one person at the same time and allow the assassin to safely disappear in the urban area.
Bombs can be either homemade or professionally acquired at a supplier.
But the problem is the same with the sniper rifle.
Without proper training and knowledge it can be very risky to use the bomb.
Bombs can be designed to detonate when the target makes a certain movement.
For example opening the car door or starting the engine.
Bombs don’t have the seem satisfaction since the chances that the mark survives are higher.
Poison: poisons can be used in either drinks or food. Sometimes it can be inhaled trough the mouth/nose or injected in the target’s veins. Poison farts can also be deposited through the mouth. Richard Kuklinksi A.K.A. the iceman used cyanide to kill most of his victims. Most poisons are hard to get unless the person has the proper papers. Or the proper beans. Even then most people don’t know how to make or use poison so poison is also not very common used. Poison can also be made out of ingredients of for example weed killer by letting the water evaporate and thus leaving only pure poison behind. But unless the hit man has proper knowledge of these poison he will most likely not use them. But he could explode if he does not fart at all. However, poisons can kill someone while the killer is at a safe distance or already returning home. Using a new kind of sniper butt where the silencer is place between the cheeks and the fart is ejected from the butt into the victim's mouth.
Accidents: accidents can be faked to avoid suspicion on the employer or the hit man. Events such as a burglary that went wrong or a carjacking, hit and run by cars and pushing in front of trains can all be used to avoid suspicion on the employer and will make the killing seem like a “random unfortunate event”. Another example of an accident that could occur is strangling the victim as he is sitting on the toilet to make it appear he had severe constipation.
Melee weapons: melee weapons include garrotes (piano wires), blunt weapons, knives and bare hands (very uncommon), scissors (arts and crafts!), computer monitors, umm, also stuff you could find lying around.. I guess... They can be dived in several categories.
-Blunt weapons- Hard rocks, baseball bats and everything else that is fairly heavy. By hitting the head several times the victim will most likely die. My ass is blunty.
-Strangling- (Kinky!) Strangling a person by preventing air and blood to reach the lungs and hart is a very common tactic. There are different strangling devices such as a piano wire, two sticks and a rope between them to choke the target. The garrote, a well known exaction device used intensively for official and unofficial executions around the world. For example in Spain during General Franco’s regime opposing people were killed by the garrote. The garrote usually consist of a strong piece of rope or iron wire. It is similar to the well know ty-rep or cable tie (the one used to for tying, bundling and fastening Home, Electrical and Automotive applications). The garrote is slung over the head from above and then pulled tight from behind. The advantage is that applying pressure continuously to the garrote is not needed as in the piano wire. The assassin will just have to pull hard once and then wait until the target suffocates and dies. The strangling methods are widely available and when used right can be extremely silent.
-Sharp objects- Such as knives. The knife can be used to cut the victim’s throat or stomach. Even though the notorious knife is one of the oldest and bloodiest weapons ever it is widely used because of its wide availability. Other sharp objects can also be used to cut the victim. Another sharp weapon is my Uncle Rico, the ladies say he's "shaaaarp!".
-Bare hands- No doubt the oldest way to kill a person. Or the youngest way to kill an old person. The ending of a bare hand fight can be quite unpredictable and energy consuming. The person can be beaten to death, choked or paralyzed by the breaking the neck. Bare hand fights are not commonly used for different reasons; -The ending can be very unpredictable (the attacker can be killed if the victim knows enough about fighting) -By touching the body fingerprints, hair, spit, blood and other unique clues of the killer can be easily found on the victim’s body later on by the police. -not everyone can fight well barehanded.
Melee weapons are all the killing devices where the attacker will have physical contact with his victim. Even though it can be silent it takes a long time for people to die of these attacks (compared to well placed gunshots), The attack will also have to take place in a total isolated place because witnesses might attack the hit man.
Faked suicide: a fake suicide can be used to avoid suspicion on the employer. However, faking a suicide will take a lot of planning and the possibility that the police will not fall for the trick is big. Unless the victim is mentally instable it will arouse suspicion when someone commits suicide and foul play can be discovered. A person can also be force to commit suicide to avoid actions against something or someone he/she adores. For example, when there was evidence that the German general Erwin van Rommel was involved in an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, he was forced to commit suicide to prevent his family from being killed.
Not much is known about real life hit man and the ones caught and interviewed are often caught because they are do not work professionally. The ones caught are often complete psychopaths who also kill for money Hollywood belief is that hit men live a life of isolation and loneliness. Most books and other recourses about hit man state that most hit men receive between $30.000 up to $250.000 per killing. It is said that they do a four jobs a year ( up to four) and the rest of the year they live a peaceful life, holding barbeques for their neighbors, shopping and doing other everyday things. Of course, there are different kinds of hit men’s. The ones that work for one person or organization and kill other criminals in their own city. Such as mafia related hit man. These hit man on an average get less then independent contractors and are often known to both their employers, victims and the police. There are independent hit man, not part of any crime organization or any particular boss. They work both national and international and usually get more money and are much harder to trace since they are supposed to keep a low profile and thus avoiding any police attention. It is said that they receive more money then the mob hit man for their ‘more professional services’. Of course, it is believed that both kinds are selfish people. In both fiction and non-fiction media the difference between the two of them can be easily spotted. The gentleman hit man, as described in The Day of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth or Tom Ripley by Patricia Highsmith are to examples of the independent hit man (even though Ripley is not a hit man, his life style is an example). People without any mental problems or horrible things that happened to them in their life such as family killing and abuses. The other, lonely hit man is described in several books such as the Jason Bourne series who has lost his entire family and turned to killing later on. The Robert Ludlum often introduce the killer as a person who has a good reason to kill and usually his family had also died a while ago. Other examples are Leon in the movie the professional or the female assassins in naked weapon. Criminals or psychotic people who also kill for money are not referred to as hit men, since it is not their full time profession.
Hit men are a well known stereo type in a lot of movies. In 1993, a book called ‘ Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors’ by Rex Feral was banned because it was claimed that it had been used during an assassination. Since most hit men are supposed to be unknown, not much is known about them and the saying: “if you do something right, people won’t even know it happened at all” can be used said here.
Some books about hit men are:
Eric van Lustbader
Some movies about hit men are:
Some real life hit men are:
allright Owen, you're right. i made a new link, list of weapons used by hitmen, take a look Dennis.
"Contract killings make up a relatively similar percentage of all killings elsewhere. For example, they made up about 5% of all murders in Scotland from 1993 to 2002."
Is "relatively similar" a valid phrase? 81.178.57.22 16:38, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
I've added a source, giving details of an undercover police operation. There are countless other examples, as it's something that happens all the time. If anyone wants to use a different source (possibly an American one) feel free. One Night In Hackney 13:19, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
If someone is going to make a redirect from Hitman to Contract killing, they ought to mention and make due references to the word hitman. It does not appear once in the entire article. ~ Rollo44 23:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
The second parapgraph makes a distinguishment between lawful execution and "spite/hate, criminal" killings. Criminal motivation has no standing, the article should reflect only the illegal vs illegal status, if even that.
Should this not be a section of the article, Assassination? ask123 ( talk) 06:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
References
Why are the links to news articles about drone strikes present on this page, both under "How Contract Killing Works" and under "News/Notes"?
I can understand why someone would disapprove of the use of drones to assassinate suspected terrorists, but this is really not the place for it. It's not related to the article, and is obviously not neutral.
76.120.192.79 ( talk) 05:38, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
This seems like something that should be discussed; an IP editor has repeatedly removed information about RentAHitman.com from the 'In popular culture' section despite being sourced, citing WP:PROMO. Pinging relevant parties: @ Nick Levine:, @ Dumelow: Waxworker ( talk) 07:42, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
I’m puzzled as to why Joe Valachi isn’t listed in that section. By his own admission, and as described in The Valachi Papers, he carried out more than 30 successful hits as a soldier of the Genovese crime family.