Judge denies request for new trial for Florida matriarch convicted in killing of ex-son-in-law

Earlier this month, jurors returned guilty verdicts in Adelson’s weekslong trial on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation. In a Sept. 25 order, Circuit Judge Stephen Everett rejected Adelson’s attorneys’ arguments that the verdicts weren’t legally justified and that prosecutor...

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