Donna Adelson

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. Donna Adelson is facing a life sentence for her role in the 2014 murder-for-hire of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel.

Jury convicts Florida matriarch in murder-for-hire killing of her former son-in-law

The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family was convicted Thursday of murder charges in the killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor who was locked in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife when he was gunned down in 2014.

Fate of Miami Beach grandmother Donna Adelson, charged with murder, now in hands of Tallahassee jury

Jurors began deliberating Thursday in the murder trial of a 75-year-old Miami Beach woman accused of being the mastermind behind a plot in which hired hit men shot her former son-in-law in the head in his Tallahassee garage.

Miami Beach grandmother awaiting trial over role in murder appears in court

Donna Adelson, a Miami Beach grandmother awaiting trial for her role in a murder-for-hire plot, appeared in court on Friday in Leon County.

Video shows mother of man convicted in murder-for-hire plot trying to board plane at MIA

Newly released video shows the moment a South Florida grandmother was arrested for her alleged role in the murder of her former son-in law.

Miami Beach grandmother pleads not guilty to plotting ex-son-in-law’s murder

A Miami Beach grandmother accused of conspiring to murder her ex-son-in-law pleaded not guilty in a Tallahassee courtroom Monday afternoon.

FSU professor’s murder: Miami Beach grandmother appears in Leon court after Miami-Dade extradition

A 73-year-old Miami Beach grandmother appeared in Leon County court on Tuesday in Tallahassee after her extradition from Miami-Dade County for her alleged role in her former son-in-law’s murder about nine years ago.