contract killing

"I think that it would be overstating the case to call what took place a contract killing, however the evidence suggests Aimee Betro was rewarded for taking part," the judge said.

But until he made “Hit Man,” he’d never dabbled in the dark arts of contract killing — even if his meek main character is only pretending to be an elite assassin.

According to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, there were just seven arrests statewide for contract killing or attempts in 2022.

Known as the Marielitos, some of them were already involved in criminal gangs, drug trafficking and contract killing.

Smith has twice been convicted of murdering a woman named Elizabeth Sennett in 1988, in an apparent contract killing arranged by her husband..