Donna Adelson Trial: Jury Selection Starts August 19th! | Case Brief

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

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Watch the full coverage of the live stream on The Emily D. Baker YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/live/FRAkjqjIHUI Jury selection for Donna Adelson's trial is set for August 19th, with the state's case beginning around August 25th. Once a jury is seated, opening statements will follow quickly. Most motions were addressed, with the court ruling that evidence would be admitted if relevant. Dan Markel, a legal professor, was murdered in 2014 amidst a child custody battle with his ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, Donna's daughter. The prosecution alleges that Donna Adelson and her son, Charlie Adelson, conspired to murder Dan Markel to resolve the custody issue, believing that without a father, the court couldn't force shared custody in Tallahassee. Two gunmen and a "middle person" (who worked at Charlie's dental office and is expected to testify) have already been prosecuted in connection with the murder. Charlie Adelson was also convicted. This will be the fourth time the government has prosecuted a part of this case, with Donna being the last to be charged. Will Charlie Adelson will testify? How will Wendi Adelson will testify. Will Donna testify? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back. It's time for a case brief, keeping you in the loop with the cases you care about most, just more briefly.
0:05.2	If you want the full coverage, it's linked in the description below. But for now, let's get into it.
0:10.4	It's Wednesday, it's August 13th, 2025. We are getting ready for the trial of Donna Adelson.
0:16.5	She is slated to go to trial August 19th. That's the beginning of jury selection.
0:21.8	And the judge is set aside three days for jury selection.
0:23.9	I don't question the court, but I just wonder if it's going to take a little more than three
0:29.3	days to pick a jury.
0:31.0	But I don't question the court.
0:32.0	Look, we will see what happens.
0:33.4	So Donna is set to start jury selection August 19th.
0:36.4	The state is set to start their case in chief, August 25th.
0:41.2	We are going to do a road so far if you are new to this case.
0:44.6	The victim in this case is Dan Markell.
0:46.5	Dan was a lawyer and beloved legal professor.
0:51.5	And he was in the middle of a child custody battle with his ex Wendy Adelson daughter
1:00.0	Donna Adelson and Wendy Adelson, Dan Markell had two kids were getting divorced, were fighting over
1:06.4	custody. According to the prosecution, Donna really didn't want Wendy to be with the kids in Tallahassee.
1:13.6	The prosecution's alleging that Donna wanted the kids down in Miami.
1:18.6	But as we were leading up in time to the murder of Dan Markell, there were family court hearings going on over custody that were not going well for Wendy to be able
1:29.2	to have the kids in Miami because of the shared custody in Tallahassee. And the state is alleging
1:36.7	that Donna Adelson, mother to Wendy, ex-mother-in-law to Dan Markell.
1:46.0	Her son, Charlie Edelson, brother to Wendy,
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