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Daniel Eric Markel October 9, 1972 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 19, 2014 (aged 41) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Residence | Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Law professor, author |
| Spouse(s) | Wendi Jill Adelson (2006-2013) |
| Children | 2 |
Daniel Eric Markel (October 9, 1972 – July 19, 2014) was an attorney and legal academic in the United States who wrote important works on retribution in criminal law and sentencing, with a focus on the role of punishment in the criminal justice system. A native of Toronto, Canada, he was murdered in Tallahassee, Florida in 2014. A suspect in the case was arrested almost two years later. Police have said more arrests are expected in what they consider a murder for hire motivated by Markel's bitter divorce from Wendi Adelson, a clinical law professor and child advocate also employed at Florida State University.
Daniel Eric Markel was born and raised in Toronto.
He studied politics and philosophy as a Harvard undergraduate, graduating magna cum laude. Markel completed graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned a master's degree in political theory from Emmanuel College, Cambridge before receiving his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2001.
Before entering teaching, Markel served as law clerk to Judge Michael Daly Hawkins of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and was an associate with the law firm Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel in Washington, D.C., practicing white-collar criminal defense.
Markel joined the Florida State University College of Law in 2005; he was tenured in 2010. Markel held the post of D'Alemberte Professor of Law at the FSU College of Law.
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