Murder And The Purpose Of Murder

The use of murder and the motive behind it can vary from many different reasons such as informants, they don’t want to get caught, and being a witness in the crime activity also some members could not follow the rules. A couple more reasons to murder in the mob are the use of violence when being a part of the crime, wanting to be the leader of the mob or not likely the old boss, money and lastly if you do not trust someone. Many mob bosses had different ways and uses of murder when in their role of power. Such as Angelo Bruno who was nicknamed the “gentle don “. He did not participate in drug trafficking and focused of the low risk operations. He did not like outburst of violence, when he was in power murder was the last option in his book
and only used it when completely necessary. Another mob boss is Nicky Scarfo. He believed in violence and murdered anyone in his way or stopped his power. He gave others permission to murder and he was so ruthless he ordered over thirty plus murders throughout his reign of power also did not care how much violence he had to use. We also have John Stanfa when in power boss position was divided into two fractions and stanfa hired people of non-Italian heritage who were willing to break their legs and pull the trigger. He wasn’t as aggressive but wanted the power and started a war with joey merlino. Lastly there is Joey Merlino described as a vicious person obsessed with his image. Merlino was charged with attempted murder and murder but was acquitted of these charges. He was very smart with his choices and was at war with john stanfa they both put out many hits on each other and did whatever it took to gain power. The John Stanfa regime was more concerned about who was going to be the boss of the Philadelphia crime family. It focused on the murders of each group between the stanfa regime and the merlino regime, the war was on each other. Murders were planned on each boss and their under bosses as well as anyone who stood in their way of power. Not like the peaceful low risk operations of Angelo Bruno or the ruthless cut- throat murders and violence of Nicky Scarfo.