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Years After Legal Scholar Was Gunned Down, Journey to Justice Continues

By on July 21, 2019 in Criminal Law

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.

 

 

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