The value of a life can be as little as $60,000 or $150,000. This is based upon the figures stated in theWeekend STAR.

The figures were given by hit men who have been making a business out of taking lives they did not create. According to the article, the hit men are responsible for at least 110 murders locally.

The figure is quite alarming, but what the men say is even more frightening. Their rates range from $60,000 for the not so insignificant person to $150,000 for politicians, pastors and businessmen.

It is quite frightening to know that for a price someone can decide if another human being lives or dies. This only shows the moral decay and increasing disrespect for life in our society.

Our police need to be doing thorough investigations into these operations and shutting them down. If our police are serious about crime then the number of lives these men have taken would be far less.

Hit men are making a killing in more ways than one from the lives of mothers, fathers, and possibly successful people simply upon request and that cannot be allowed to continue in our society.

The police must act quickly about it, as several gunmen already terrorise our society killing both innocent and not so innocent citizens. Having trained assassins among this list of murderers will only result in more trouble for Jamaicans and encourage the growth of crime in our society.