Sounds like standard chain-of-command for a mob hit. I wouldn't think 82 year old Madonna would pull the trigger himself. Or any boss for that matter. I can't remember too much of the details from the case. How did they all get indicted for the hit?
Nobody would expect a 82 year old to pull the trigger, not even Meldish, that is why Madonna should have done the hit himself, nobody would have suspected him of pulling the trigger. He should have asked Meldish to come see him, then give him two to the head.
That would have been badass