As I Lay Dying Singer Tim Lambesis Released On $2 Million Bail For Hiring Hit Man While On Steroids; How Often Does A Murder For Hire Occur? More Than You Think![VIDEO]

After more than three weeks in custody, As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis was released from a San Diego County jail on Thursday afternoon after posting $2 million bail in a murder-for-hire case. Lawyers are expected to have a "steroid rage" defense, blaming the rocker's steroid use to his alleged attempt to hire a hitman to carry out the murder of his wife.

Tim Lambesis was released from jail after he tried to contract an undercover detective posing as a killer for hire to murder his estranged wife. What are the chances that Lambesis approached an undercover cop? Does this happen more often than we assume? Yes it does...

The As I Lay Dying singer's lawyer blames steroid use for hiring a hit man to murder his wife.

"His thought process was dramatically impacted by the steroid use," Lambesis's lawyer said during a bail hearing before he was released from jail.

The 32-year-old singer was arrested on May 7 after police alleged he tried to hire a hit man named Red to kill his estranged wife, Meggan. Red turned out to be an undercover police officer, and Lambesis was arrested after prosecutors claim he gave the officer an envelope that contained $1,000 cash, a picture of his wife and the code to her security gate.

The As I Lay Dying singer split from his wife Meggan after sending her an email saying he no longer loved her or believed in God. Lambesis was making regular visits to a girlfriend in Florida and had various other affairs.

According to experts hiring a hit man for murder happens more frequently than we assume.  About 2% of murders are caused from people that were in the victim's lives, hiring someone else to do their dirty work.

A study by the Australian Institute of Criminology of 162 attempted or actual contract murders in Australia between 1989 and 2002 indicated that the most common reason for murder-for-hire was "the dissolution of an intimate relationship". The study also found that the average payment for a "hit" was $12,700 and that the most commonly used weapons were firearms.

Contract killings accounted for 2% of murders in Australia during that time period. Contract killings make up a relatively similar percentage of all killings elsewhere. For example, they made up about 5% of all murders in Scotland from 1993 to 2002.