TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Court TV) — Less than a week after a jury found Donna Adelson guilty of masterminding the murder-for-hire that killed her former son-in-law, she has filed a motion asking for a new trial and for permission to interview two of the jurors who convicted her.
Donna Adelson reacts to a jury finding her guilty for the murder of Dan Markel on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.
The jury deliberated for just over three hours before finding Donna guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation for the death of FSU law professor Dan Markel, who was gunned down outside his home in 2014. Donna was the fifth person to be charged and convicted in the murder plot; she was preceded by her son, Charlie Adelson, Charlie’s ex-girlfriend and two hitmen.
In the motion for a new trial and for leave to interview jurors, filed on Monday, Donna’s attorneys claim she deserves a new trial based, in part, on juror misconduct…