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Countdown to the Case Against Donna Adelson | Closing Arguments Podcast

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The fourth trial related to the 2014 killing of FSU law professor Dan Markel is for Donna Adelson, who faces first-degree murder and other charges related to the death of Markel, her ex-son-in-law. Jury selection begins Aug. 19.

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0:00.0

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.

0:04.8

Opinions.

0:05.8

All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.

0:09.8

Sensitive topics are discussed.

0:11.8

Discretion is advised.

0:14.9

Nick Cosodas was a Navy Jag, a trained prosecutor.

0:18.9

After divorcing his first wife, he was hit with a $1.5 million judgment.

0:23.6

Then Nick and his second wife, Mindy, went on the run. But what were they running from?

0:29.6

Was it the seven-figure judgment or someone who was out to do them harm?

0:35.6

Mindy ended up murdered and dismembered.

0:38.4

Prosecutors say it was her husband Nick who did it,

0:41.5

but the defense says no and is pointing the finger elsewhere.

0:45.4

Where is the truth in this case?

0:47.5

Where are the lies?

0:49.5

Tonight, the latest from the courtroom.

0:52.6

But first, law professor and devoted father of two, Dan Markell,

0:56.9

was involved in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, Wendy Adelson. Wendy wanted to move

1:02.5

with their kids from Tallahassee to South Florida to be closer to her mother, Donna, her father Harvey,

1:09.6

and her brother Charlie.

1:11.5

And after Dan Markell was gunned down in his driveway in 2014, that is exactly what she

1:17.3

ended up doing.

1:18.7

But then the investigation led to a murder-for-hire plot.

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