The Donna Adelson Trial (Part 1 of 3)
Court Junkie17 Sep 2025

The Donna Adelson Trial (Part 1 of 3)

In July 2014, FSU law professor Dan Markel was gunned down in the driveway of his Tallahassee home. In this episode, we go over the long-awaited case against Dan’s former mother-in-law, Donna Adelson.

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