Donna Adelson, 75, sentenced to life in prison for masterminding murd3r of her ex-son-in-law, but Insists she's an 'innocent woman'

Donna Adelson, the matriarch of a wealthy Florida family who was convicted of murd3r for the de@th of her former son-in-law, has been sentenced to life in prison.  The 75-year-old was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 13, for her role in the 2014 murd3r-for-hire plot against Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel, who was shot and k!lled by hitmen in Tallahassee, Florida, the Associated Press and Tallahassee Democrat reported.   The sentencing comes after Donna was found guilty of first-degree murd3r, conspiracy to commit murd3r and solicitation of murd3r in the for-hire k!lling on Sept. 4.  She was arrested over the crimes in November 2023.  Donna appeared in the Tallahassee courtroom on Monday, Oct. 13, shackled in a purple jumpsuit.   Before the sentencing, Donna gave a statement in court in which she maintained her innocence in Markels murd3r and accused the state of not being able to make up its mind about who "the mastermind" was behind the murd3r in their case. If I had become aware of this plan before Danny was murd3red, I would have stopped it, she insisted.  What happened to Danny is unforgivable. But I am an innocent woman convicted of this terrible crime without evidence, she said.  "I swear to you on my life I was not involved in any way with Danny's murd3r. I was not, she concluded. Circuit Judge Stephen Everett accused Donna of having an utter lack of remorse for the crime during her statement.  You certainly can choose to deny your involvement and maintain innocence. The court finds the evidence in this case is clear, Everett said in court.  The post Donna Adelson, 75, sentenced to life in prison for masterminding murd3r of her ex-son-in-law, but Insists she's an 'innocent woman' appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.