SALLY RAMAGE 25th September 2019

The murder of young and brilliant criminal law professor Dan Markel in Florida: As at 23 September 2019, more than 5 years after this murder by hit-men on behalf of very wealthy persons affected by a female relative's divorce and the Jewish GET, this is where we are at present@ ttorneys peppered potential jurors with questions Tuesday in what is likely the final phase of selecting a panel to decide the fate of Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua who are both charged with the murder of Dan Markel. Assistant State Attorney Georgia Cappleman asked potential jurors what constitutes a conspiracy and what evidence it would take to prove one existed, their feelings about the death penalty and the existence of unindicted but allegedly culpable members of the plot. What happened to Dan Markel? Investigators say Markel was killed in a murder-for-hire plot funded by the family of his ex-wife Wendi Adelson. Her brother and mother, Charlie and Donna Adelson, have been implicated in the murder by investigators. No one in the family has been charged, and they have denied any involvement through their attorneys. Cappleman brought that issue, and an undercover operation that netted audio and video recordings of suspects in Markel's murder to the forefront in her questioning. “In the course of this trial you may learn there are other folks who aren’t these two who have some culpability,” Cappleman said, asking if that would taint their ability to evaluate evidence. “Is there anything unfair about law enforcement conducting an undercover operation?” Behind the Scenes 'Over My Dead Body': The No. 1 Apple iTunes podcast focuses on Dan Markel murder case Dan Markel killing: Key players in the murder case When to Expect Opening Statements Selection of the 12-person jury will continue into Wednesday and attorneys hope to start opening statements on Thursday. A panel of 93 jurors were selected out of 150 because of their limited knowledge of Markel’s murder in 2014 and the ensuing investigation that resulted in the arrest of Magbanua, Garcia and his childhood friend Luis Rivera.