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Judge denies request for new trial for Florida matriarch convicted in killing of ex-son-in-law

Circuit Judge Stephen Everett ruled the evidence supports Donna Adelson’s conviction for orchestrating the 2014 murder-for-hire of her ex-son-in-law.

  • A judge has denied Donna Adelson's request for a new trial after she was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2014 killing of her former son-in-law, Daniel Markel.
  • Prosecutors argued Adelson helped orchestrate Markel's murder after he stood in the way of her daughter moving closer to the family with her two grandsons.
  • Adelson is facing a life sentence and her sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
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Judge denies request for new trial for Florida matriarch convicted in killing of ex-son-in-law

A judge has denied a request for a new trial for the South Florida matriarch who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law.

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St Catharines Standard broke the news in Welland, Canada on Monday, September 29, 2025.
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