Years After Legal Scholar Was Gunned Down, Journey to Justice Continues
Five years after a Florida law professor was gunned down in his driveway, prosecutors are preparing to prosecute the crime that led to shocking revelations of alleged Miami hit men and a wicked murder-for-hire plot that stunned Tallahassee, a tight-knit law scholar community and the world beyond.
The Tallahassee Democrat updates the story of the murder of Dan Markel, a lawyer and Florida State law professor who was 41 when he was murdered.
A convicted Miami gang leader already in prison for other crimes has made a deal with prosecutors to testify against two other people in exchange for a lighter sentence. Prosecutors contend Markel’s ex-wife’s family ordered his killing, according to the Democrat‘s Karl Etters.
Read the Tallahassee Democrat article.