Grandmother scolded over courtroom outburst after conviction in family murder-for-hire plot

Family matriarch Donna Adelson was scolded by a judge Thursday for weeping in the courtroom after being convicted of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot of her former son-in-law a prominent Florida State University law professor Adelson was discovered guilty of first-degree murder conspiracy and solicitation in the killing of Daniel Markel over a decade ago Markel was gunned down in his driveway in Tallahassee in what prosecutors had called a cold-blooded family plot to free her daughter Wendi Adelson from a bitter custody battle following a messy divorce Adelson shouted Oh my God before current down in tears and shaking when Florida Second Judicial Circuit Judge Stephen Everett released the jury had convicted her of first-degree murder according to courtroom video from the Tallahassee Democrat Mrs Adelson control yourself Everett ordered the -year-old grandmother as she openly wept GRANDMOTHER ACCUSED OF MASTERMINDING FAMILY MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT IN DENTIST'S KILLING OF PROFESSORThe judge then ordered the jury out of the courtroom and gave Adelson a two-minute break to collect herself While this was not the outcome I m sure that you desire there will not be any further outbursts in front of the jury he narrated her FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME ASSOCIATION ON XProsecutors had argued during the trial that Adelson and her son Charlie Adelson had arranged the murder so Wendi could gain full custody of their children and start a new life in South Florida Donna Adelson was arrested at Miami International Airport in one week after her oral surgeon son was unveiled guilty in the affair She had a one-way ticket to Vietnam which has no extradition treaty with the U S SIGN UP TO GET THE TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERCharlie is already serving a life sentence for the crime as is his ex-girlfriend Katherine Magbanua Prosecutors mentioned Magbanua served as the intermediary for the two men prosecutors declared were hired to carry out the killing Sigfredo Garcia who was sentenced to life in prison and Luis Rivera who is serving a -year sentence after cooperating with the state HIRING A HITMAN INSIDE A FLORIDA DENTIST'S ALLEGED PLOT TO HAVE HIS SISTER'S EX A PROMINENT ATTORNEY KILLEDWendi Adelson has repeatedly denied involvement in the killing and has not been charged At the time of his murder Markel was a rising legal scholar GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB We have lost a treasure his mother Ruth Markel revealed in a victim impact announcement after the verdict was read My son Dan's life was cut tragically short at years old For years we have been forced to a life filled with unimaginable pain and heartbreak The judge noted sentencing for Donna Adelson would come at a later date but scheduled event management for Oct Fox News Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Michael Ruiz and The Associated Press contributed to this analysis