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Dan Markel's former mother-in-law was the fifth person convicted

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Dan Markel, a Florida State University law professor and father of two, was shot at his Tallahassee home on July 18, 2014. For almost two years there were no arrests, until phone records put two men in a rented Prius nearby. Prosecutors called it a murder-for-hire, and five people were convicted, the last his former mother-in-law, Donna Adelson, who got life in 2025. Send this to someone from Tallahassee. Narrated with an AI voice. Every fact is sourced on Casepin.

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His former mother-in-law was the fifth person convicted of his murder. Dan Markel. Law professor. Father of two. July 2014. Shot at his home in Tallahassee. For almost two years, no arrests. Then phone records put two men in a rented Prius nearby. Prosecutors called it a murder-for-hire, over custody of his sons. Two hired men. The go-between. His former brother-in-law. Donna Adelson got life in 2025. Eleven years for all five. Is that justice? Every source is on casepin dot org.

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