The Florida grandmother who masterminded the hit on her former son-in-law has been sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison — slammed for showing an “utter lack of remorse” as she continued to claim her innocence.

Donna Adelson, 75, was found guilty last month of orchestrating the 2014 shooting death of Daniel Markel — a prominent Florida State University law professor who was in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, Adelson’s daughter, Wendi Adelson.

She was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder plus another 30 years for conspiracy and solicitation. Her son, Charlie Adelson, was found guilty of the same charges in 2023. 4

Adelson maintained her innocence in a statement she read aloud in the Tallahassee courtroom before the

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