“My son in law, Dan Markel, was a fine and decent man. He was a good son-in-law, more importantly he was a caring and loving father,” she said. “His death is a loss to his children, his parents, all of us in his family, his friends, his colleagues in the legal community and his students at FSU Law...My heart was broken when Danny died.”
Donna’s statement then turned to the trial and evidence presented.
“It’s interesting,” she said. “That the state cannot decide who they believe to be the mastermind behind this.”
She listed Magbanua’s and Charlie Adelson’s trial saying the state claimed they were the masterminds.
“They claim that I, this grandma, was the mastermind behind this murder,” Donna said.
Donna went on to question the state’s evidence.
“Where is the evidence prior to the murder,” she asked.
Judge Everett stopped Donna asking if the defense is trying to retry the case.
“The court can take into consideration the utter lack of remorse you are displaying,” Judge Everett told Donna.
Donna continued her testimony, once again questioning the evidence, going as far as to say one may think the jury was asleep during some of the state’s evidence.
Judge Everett stopped Donna’s testimony a second time and after speaking with her attorney’s she continued.
“Convicting me should not be retribution for Danny’s death,” she said. “I’ve never even gotten a parking ticket and yet I’m being sent to prison for a crime I did not commit.”
She passionately pleaded her innocence to the judge.
“I swear to you on my life, I was not involved in anyway in Danny’s murder. I was not,” Donna said.
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