Mrs. Edelson, maintaining her innocence, could not have shown more remorse.

That line, stopping the courtroom cold by Jackie Fulford, the attorney for Don Adelson.

Today we're asking, what was she thinking?

Was this a legal strategy or an absolute act of desperation.

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Since there was so much offered up, we are continuing to break down the surreal sentencing of Donna Adelson.

She, of course, is the 75-year-old matriarch now serving a life sentence.

She, believe it or not, was moved out of Leon County the next morning.

They cannot wait to get rid of Donna Adelson and is now in custody of the Florida Department of Corrections.

But she is serving a life sentence for orchestrating the murder of FSU law professor Dan Markell shot on July 18th,

2014, twice in the head in his Tallahassee driveway, succumbing to his injuries the next day.

If you missed it last night, we had a former classmate and close friend of Dan Markell, Tamara Demko,

who shared some unbelievable stories,

specifically related to Harvey Aedelson and her fear of him. Even back then in 2014,

the COE is going to post that separately under the videotape today. You will want to hear

what she had to say.

We're going to break down Harvey's angry courtroom outburst, Donna's tearful denial, and we're going to look closely today, something we haven't really done yet,

at Jackie Fulford's bizarre attempt to relitigate the trial.

It almost seems like she was trying the case yet again, arguing that Donna had showed

maximum remorse even while denying guilt. So was Jackie Fulford laying the groundwork for an appeal

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