1. Al D'arco said in his biography that the idea that you must kill someone to be inducted into the Mafia is not entirely true. Yes, some are required to do it, but others get in for being good earners. He wasn't required to kill anybody to get in, but he did admit to being involved in several murders later in his mob career
2. Even if one was required to murder someone to gain membership into LCN, he doesn't necessarily need to pull the trigger.
Interesting post.
I could be wrong, but in D'Arco's biography or somewhere else, I think he said that if someone was a good earner, he could pay his way in with a large cash tribute. In autobiographies, mobsters sometimes deny killing anyone, when it's a lie; I'm pretty sure Al had to whack someone get get in. He wasn't exactly a rising star in the family.
I always thought that in order to be made, you had to whack someone and be the one to pull the trigger. I guess I was really wrong about that.
