Chaos at Murder Trial of Wealthy Grandmother Charged in Law Professor’s Murder: Jury Selection Derailed as Defense Lawyer Suddenly Quits

Donna Adelson’s trial may now not start until 2025.

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Donna Adelson at what was supposed to be the beginning of her murder trial. Court TV

Prosecutors have long circled the wealthy Adelson family after the 2014 murder of Harvard-trained law professor Dan Markel. But matriarch Donna Adelson, 74, will have to wait even longer to learn her fate after her murder trial went off the rails on day one of jury selection. The trial may now be delayed until 2025..

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