Dan
Markel
was
a
law
professor
who
taught
Criminal
Law
at
Florida
State.
His
life
was
cut
short
on
June
18th,
2014
by
Sigfredo
Garcia
and
Luis
Rivera.
But
they
weren’t
the
only
ones
responsible.
Over
time
the
evidence
showed
that
Garcia
and
Rivera
were
paid
to
kill
him.
Markel’s
death
followed
a
heated
custody
battle
over
his
children
with
his
ex-wife
Wendi
Adelson.
Since
then
more
names
have
roped
in
to
his
murder:
Kathrine
Magbanua,
Charlie
Adelson,
and
most
recently
Donna
Adelson.
The
head
of
the
Adelson
family
has
finally
been
sentenced
on
charges
of
first-degree
murder
and
conspiracy
to
commit
murder.
ABC
has
coverage
on
the
sentencing:
Donna
Adelson,
the
matriarch
of
a
wealthy
South
Florida
family
who
was
convicted
in
the
hired
killing
of
her
former
son-in-law,
was
sentenced
Monday
to
life
in
prison
for
her
role
in
the
2014
murder-for-hire
of
Daniel
Markel.
As
it
stands,
she
was
sentenced
to
life
without
parole
in
addition
to
another
30
years
on
top.
Before
she
was
sentenced,
Adelson
seemed
to
be
about
as
far
from
a
“the
jig
is
up”
moment
as
you
could
imagine:
“What
happened
to
Danny
is
unforgivable.
But
I
am
an
innocent
woman
convicted
of
this
terrible
crime
without
evidence…”I’ve
always
respected
the
law.
I’ve
never
gotten
a
parking
ticket,
But
I’m
going
to
prison
for
a
murder
I
did
not
commit,”
she
added.
Those
sentiments
may
have
flown
(pun
intended)
when
you
were
on
your
way
to
board
a
one
way
flight
to
a
country
with
no
extradition
to
the
United
States,
but
they
ring
hollow
after
a
drawn
out
trial
where
the
jury
was
confident
in
a
beyond
a
reasonable
doubt
verdict
after
seeing
the
evidence
you’ve
discounted.
That
said,
due
process
is
worth
preserving
no
matter
how
unsavory
of
a
crime
someone
was
accused
of.
Adelson
argued
that
the
jury’s
minds
were
swayed
by
years
of
negative
media
coverage
and
plans
to
appeal
the
outcome.
Donna
Adelson
Sentenced
To
Life
In
Prison
For
Hired
Killing
Of
Ex-Son-In-Law
[ABC]
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Reaches
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Adelson
Trial
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Fails
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Win
Donna
Adelson
A
New
Trial
Donna
Adelson’s
Lawyer
Pushes
To
Exclude
Divorce
Evidence
From
Trial
Donna
Adelson
Pushes
Judge
For
Another
Delay
Donna
Adelson’s
Attempt
To
Disqualify
Judge
Fails
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.