The 'soft executions' reminded me of an ancient StarTrek episode where a race had devised a 'clean war'.
For a private execution I would think there has to be a crime in the private atmosphere. A murder for instance, and the family of the victim wants to be present.
Other idea: he discovered some plot against the government and eliminated a key figure of movement X after which he was set up by the others of group X, painting him as the key figure and delivering him to the law. Gov't wants to keep the plot silent (embarrassing or so), so they go the private road. His job could further incriminate him, being a gov't official with access to information interesting to movement X. One or more of group X could be real officials that can plant evidence against him.
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For a private execution I would think there has to be a crime in the private atmosphere. A murder for instance, and the family of the victim wants to be present.
Other idea: he discovered some plot against the government and eliminated a key figure of movement X after which he was set up by the others of group X, painting him as the key figure and delivering him to the law. Gov't wants to keep the plot silent (embarrassing or so), so they go the private road. His job could further incriminate him, being a gov't official with access to information interesting to movement X. One or more of group X could be real officials that can plant evidence against him.
Maybe this helps some...