More than a decade after two hit men stalked and killed a law professor in Florida , the alleged mastermind of the murder-for-hire plot is now on trial – the victim’s former mother-in-law.

Donna Adelson , 75, once accustomed to a life of luxury in Miami, faces a first-degree murder charge as well as conspiracy and solicitation to commit first-degree murder for the 2014 death of Dan Markel, who was fatally shot twice in the head while in his car in his Tallahassee garage.

Markel, 41, a Harvard law grad, was a prominent Florida State University professor who shared custody of his two toddlers with his ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, in an ongoing custody dispute after their messy 2013 divorce, according to court documents.

Donna Adelson’s trial comes after four other co-conspirators, includin

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