TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Court TV/Scripps News Tallahassee) — Less than a month after she was sentenced to life in prison for plotting the murder-for-hire of her former son-in-law, Donna Adelson has filed a notice of appeal in her case.
Donna Adelson looks towards her husband, Harvey Adelson during her sentencing for her role in the murder of Dan Markel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.
Adelson was the fifth person to be convicted in the murder of FSU law professor Dan Markel, who was gunned down at his home in 2014.
Adelson maintained her innocence at her sentencing hearing in October, describing Markel as “a fine and decent man” before declaring there was a lack of evidence to support her conviction…