Daniel Markel

(Newser) - The matriarch of an affluent Florida family was found guilty Thursday in the murder-for-hire killing of her former son-in-law, the AP reports. Donna Adelson was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and solicitation in the 2014 slaying of Daniel Markel, a prominent law professor at Florida State University who was engaged...

(Newser) - A Florida dentist was on Monday convicted in the 2014 murder-for-hire death of his former brother-in-law. Charles Adelson was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder, WPBF reports. Two other people involved in the plot—Adelson's ex-girlfriend and the father of her...

(Newser) - Police are seeking information on a "vehicle of interest" following the brazen murder of a professor in broad daylight. Dan Markel, a Harvard Law School grad who taught criminal law at Florida State University, was shot at close range in the side of the head at his Tallahassee home...