What is Proxy murder?
A '''proxy murder''' is when a person [[murder]]s on behalf of someone else. ''Proxy'' comes from the [[Latin]] word ''procuratio,'' which means ''to take care of''. An example of this would be an [[assassin]] killing for money. Another example would be a person who convinces someone who loves them to kill another person for them. Another example was in prisons where criminals in [[prison]] would act as the executioner for people sentenced to death. Lady Betty (1750—1807) was a famous hangwoman and prisoner in the Roscommon Gaol.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://amayodruid.blogspot.com/2011/01/lady-betty-public-executioner.html |title=silentowl: Lady Betty. Public executioner. |first= |last= |work=amayodruid.blogspot.com |year=2011 |accessdate=23 July 2011}}</ref> The [[Nazism|Nazis]] used proxy killings in [[World War II]] when they got prisoners to shoot [[Jewish]] prisoners instead of doing it themselves.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.exminister.org/proxy-killing-in-the-baltics.html |title=Proxy Killing and Modern Day Slavery of the Baltic People|first=Brian |last=Worley|work=exminister.org |year=2011 |accessdate=23 July 2011}}</ref> The prisoners were told if they did not do it they would be shot as well. A [[documentary]] [[movie]] called ''Murder by Proxy'', which looks at mass killings in the US, was made in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://murderbyproxyfilm.com/index.html |title=Murder By Proxy - How America Went Postal |first= |last= |work=murderbyproxyfilm.com |year=2010 |accessdate=23 July 2011 |archive-date=11 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011095803/http://www.murderbyproxyfilm.com/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Murders]]