TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A knock on the jury room door just after 7:30p.m. sent waves of anxiety through courtroom 3G as word spread that jurors have reached a verdict in Donna Adelson’s trial.

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The verdict comes after three hours of deliberation. The judge is now waiting for the defendant, the attorneys and the victim’s family to return to the courtroom before taking the bench and reading the verdict aloud.

Adelson, 75, is the latest to stand trial for conspiracy and murder in the 2014 execution style shooting of FSU Law Professor Dan Markel.

Testimony in her trial has spanned two weeks and Donna Adelson ultimately decided not to testify in her own defense.

Two of her children, Wendi and Rob, testified during the trial as

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