Wow! Happy Easter! Can you believe it’s April already? This means, just about a month and a half left until the end of the semester. How exciting! You should be very proud of yourself for working hard to make it this far. Do not quit now! You came all this far only to go forward and get your J.D. degree! You can do this!
This week, I have a short case to bring before you. It’s about a man who hired an undercover federal agent to commit murder of a woman. Read on to find out more!
A Massachusetts man, age 54, was charged on January 29th with one count of murder-for-hire. What happened was, the man had complained to someone (we’ll call him Person) about a woman who was seeking to bring a restraining order against the man. The man asked that Person if they knew anyone that can help the man murder the woman. Immediately after this conversation, that Person reported to the police about the man’s plan. The police then told the Person that a federal agent will act as the individual who is willing to help the man kill the woman. The Person thereafter told the man that he knew of someone who is willing to help commit the murder.
Subsequently, the man met with the undercover agent in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They discussed and settled the payment price at $10,000 for the undercover agent to commit the murder. The man called the murder plan the “demolition job”. The man showed the undercover agent a photograph of the woman and also shared her location. On January 29th, the man even provided a $1,500 deposit to the undercover agent to commit the murder. That same day, the undercover agent revealed himself and the man was arrested and charged.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Vo. 50, No. 6.
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4/5/2021
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