How much would a sane person expect to pay a hired killer? Shouldn't bells
go off in his head if the price were too low?

Maybe he just wanted out of the situation enough that jail was his aim, but
can't you get a contested divorce easily enough?

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/metroeast/story/80530B81C9748195862571480012C0AC?OpenDocument

Those wedding bells? They've have been haunting him for 23 years.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Scab's.

I think they can only be considered scabs, if they actually do the work.

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Plenty of union folks would disagree as to whether the scabs can even do the work.

He took the money for the job but didn't intend on providing the contracted services. If he weren't a policeman, that would be downright fraud!