Eye for an Eye: A Story of Murder for Hire

Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 7 a.m.

Punk rock legend Patti Smith once sang, \u201cYou gotta lose control before you take control.\u201d It\u2019s a romantic idea\u2014especially because so many of us spend our lives chasing an illusion of control, when really, life\u2019s kind of a crapshoot. But you gotta find a happy medium somewhere. If you\u2019re too loosey goosey, your life is gonna be a mess. And if you\u2019re wound too tight, well\u2014then the first thing that threatens that perfect order might snap some crucial thread and send you spinning into the void. This is the story of a man\u2019s quest for a life under perfect control, and what happened when he lost it.

Sources:
Court paperwork: State v. Mockovak: https://casetext.com/case/state-v-mockovak-2
Mockovak v. Haynes: https://casetext.com/case/mockovak-v-haynes-4
Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/clearly-lasik-co-founder-gets-20-year-sentence-for-murder-for-hire-plot/
Seattle Weekly: https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/clearly-lasiks-michael-mockovak-has-lost-the-right-to-practice-in-washington-last/
Oxygen's "Murder for Hire," s1, episode 8

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