This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski.

Here now, Tony Brewski.

Every high-stakes trial begins with a moment that most people overlook.

It isn't the opening statements.

It isn't the first witness.

It's jury selection.

And in the Donna Adelson case, we're getting to watch that process unfold a way we

usually don't cameras are rolling rod deer is on full display and if you're paying attention it

tells you a hell of a lot about what this case has in store think Think about it. Donna Edelson, she's accused of

being the matriarch behind the murder for hire plot that left her former son-in-law, Dan Markell,

dead in his driveway. Eleven years, four trials, and multiple convictions. The hitmen, the go-between, even her son Charlie

already serving life, it's done his turn to sit at the defense table and before a single

piece of evidence is shown before a single argument is made, it all comes down to the 12 people who will decide her fate.

A jury selection in a case like this isn't casual.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys aren't just looking for people who say they can be fair.

They're looking for subtle tells, body language, past experiences,

even offhand answers that hint at bias.

Because in a case drenched in media coverage, with a family name that's been in headlines for over a decade,

fighting true impartiality is like panning for gold.

And here's a twist. Florida allows us to watch, unlike so many other states that keep jury selection hidden behind courtroom doors.

Florida's sunshine laws let the public in. That transparency adds another layer of pressure, not just on the attorneys, but on the potential jurors themselves.

Every shrug, every pause, every nervous glance, we see it in a case where public

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