TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Court TV) — Two jailhouse informants testified Thursday that Donna Adelson not only confessed to orchestrating the 2014 murder-for-hire killing of her former son-in-law but also attempted to buy false testimony from behind bars.

Patricia Byrd and Drina Bernhardt were brought in to testify in Donna Adelson’s trial as jailhouse informants. (Court TV)

Patricia Byrd, who spent six to seven months in custody with Donna, 75, told jurors that Adelson admitted her involvement in the murder during their daily conversations.

Donna is the fifth person charged in the murder-for-hire plot that killed FSU law professor Dan Markel . At the time of his murder, Markel was embroiled in a custody battle with Donna’s daughter, Wendi Adelson. In the years since his murder, four othe

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