Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial of the matriarch of a South Florida family accused of orchestrating the hit-man murder of her ex-son-in-law.

Donna Adelson is accused of arranging the 2014 murder of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel, who was shot in the head inside his Tallahassee garage.

The 75-year-old faces charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and solicitation to commit first-degree murder.

Adelson, whose family made their fortune practicing dentistry, was arrested in 2023 at Miami International Airport as she and her husband were about to use one-way tickets to board a flight to Dubai and Vietnam, countries that do not have an extradition treaty with the United States.

Her son, Dr. Charlie Adelson, was co

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