Everyone deserves due process.
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After Dan Markel was murdered in 2014, the legal battle to bring his killers and their accomplices to justice has been long fought. In 2023, Charlie Adelson was found guilty in the first degree for murder, conspiracy to commit first degree murder, and solicitation to commit first degree murder. According to Adelson’s lawyer, Michael Ufferman, there’s a problem with his client’s sentencing on the latter two counts: the numbers don’t seem to add up. Tallahassee has coverage:
Charlie Adelson, who’s serving a life sentence in the murder-for-hire of Dan Markel, is asking to be resentenced on two of three counts against him, citing an alleged error in the sentencing scoresheet.
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“I believe the scoresheet error regarding the improper scoring of victim injury points warrants correction to ensure compliance with the law,” Ufferman said in a text to the Democrat. “As explained in the motion filed, a defendant has a fundamental right to be sentenced under a correctly calculated scoresheet.”
As it stands, Adelson’s sentencing scoresheet totaled 258 points; his lawyer is disputing 120 of them. Due process is a vital component to achieving the rule of law. If the tally is reduced accordingly, Adelson’s resentencing could result in a shorter amount of time to be served.
Charlie Adelson Lawyer Seeks Resentencing On Two Counts In Dan Markel Murder Case [Tallahassee]
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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
