Will asked Steve, a professional assassin, to kill Adam, a business rival, and S

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Will asked Steve, a professional assassin, to kill Adam, a business rival, and Steve accepted. Before Steve was scheduled to kill Adam, Will heard that Adam’s business was failing. Will told Steve that he had changed his mind and no longer wanted him to kill Adam, but Steve responded that he was going to kill Adam anyway. Steve assaulted Adam late at night on a dark, deserted street. Adam resisted so vigorously that Steve’s life was at risk. Steve finally overcame Adam’s resistance and succeeded in killing him. 1. What charges can reasonably be brought against Steve? 2. What charges can reasonably be brought against Will?

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Steve was a professional assassin, and he was supposed to be payed heavily by Will as it was a contractual murder, so even when will realized that Adam was bankrupt and his business dealings declined,still Steve was adamant on killing Adam as he wasnted huge amount of money from this consignment.Adam has gun equipment with sharp shooting skills from even far-off distances without leaving any evidence and supposedly beyond the reach of police forces,so the murder was purposefully planned and designed by Adam for the sake of money,as he had a criminal bent of mind and false background.Adam tried to resist as Steve was trying to kill him,so he has the right to use gun as self-evidence,after approval of gun rights or after providing enough evidence that Adam has a criminal background.Will is also culprit as he has provided money for murdering Adam, but evidence needs to be collected and gathered whether Adam has committed a fraud after a business dealing with Will and Adam was not willing to pay money back to Will, in such a scenario both Will and Steve are culprit and should ne punished in getting engaged in fraudulent dealings and duping each other in business profiles(Pinkerton rule and Wharton rule for punishment of criminals).

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