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Saturday, December 9, 2023

Donna Adelson's Attorney In Dan Markel Murder Case Seeks Her Release Due To ‘Cruel And Inhumane’ Jail Conditions

New York Sun, ‘Shaking and Dehydrated’ Matriarch of Florida Dentist Family Is Suffering ‘Cruel and Inhumane’ Conditions in Jail, After Being Charged in Murder of Ex-Son-in-Law, Her Lawyer Says:

Adelson (Donna Mug Shot 2)After being charged in the contract killing of her former son-in-law, Donna Adelson currently sits behind bars at the Leon County Detention Facility at Tallahassee, Florida. Yet now her lawyer is arguing for the improvement of the grandmother’s “cruel” living conditions, which he says are “inhumane.” ...

Adelson’s attorney, Marissel Descalzo, says Adelson is being subjected to “cruel and inhumane conditions” at the Leon County jail. On Tuesday, Ms. Descalzo asked in a motion that her client be placed on house arrest or moved into the general population section of the jail from solitary confinement following an independent psychological evaluation.

Ms. Descalzo says Adelson’s harsh treatment started even before she was brought to her current jail cell. When she was initially brought to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at Miami, Adelson allegedly was given no access to clothes, cups, silverware, books, blankets, or toiletries. She also wasn’t able to contact her family until 96 hours later when she was moved to general population from her isolation unit after two psychological evaluations. Then, upon being transported from Miami to Tallahassee, an eight hour drive up the Florida peninsula, Ms. Descalzo says Adelson was unable to get the attention of the officers to ask for water or a restroom break.

“Approximately 4-5 hours into the trip, when the officers finally checked on her, Donna was shaking, dehydrated and unable to stand up or move,” Ms. Descalzo writes in the motion. “As a result, the officers had to call paramedics to a rest stop.” ...

It’s unlikely Adelson will be granted pretrial release given the seriousness of the charges brought against her and her previous talks of fleeing and suicide. ...

In the wake of Donna Adelson’s shocking arrest at Miami’s airport, the authorities searched her luxury condo and seized two iPhones and an iPad belonging to her husband, Harvey, who has yet to be charged in the murder.

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