'Extortion layaway' and the grilling of Charlie Adelson in Dan Markel murder-for-hire
Prosecutors tried to chisel away at Charlie Adelson's account of the murder — hoping to cast doubt on his explanation that he had been extorted by the killers.
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Prosecutors tried to chisel away at Charlie Adelson's account of the murder — hoping to cast doubt on his explanation that he had been extorted by the killers.
Charlie Adelson spent all day Thursday on the witness stand — denying he had anything to do with the murder of Dan Markel and insisting he had been extorted — as his lawyer methodically walked him through the state’s mountain of evidence against him.
The murder trial of Charlie Adelson ended on a cliffhanger Wednesday afternoon with the defendant announcing that he planned to testify in his own defense.
A jury of 15 people, eight men and seven women, will decide the fate of Charlie Adelson, the dentist accused in the murder-for-hire killing of Dan Markel.
The second day of jury selection in the Charlie Adelson murder trial began Tuesday at the Leon County Courthouse.