In the upcoming murder trial of Donna Adelson, one of the most unexpected pieces of potential evidence isn’t a text message, a wiretap, or a bank record—it’s a novel. This Is Our Story, written by her daughter Wendi Adelson and published years before Dan Markel’s murder, has become a focal point of legal and public scrutiny. Prosecutors say it reveals motive: the fictional tale of a woman trapped in a marriage she wants to escape, who builds a new life without her husband, mirrors the real-life dynamics at the heart of this case. Donna’s defense calls it irrelevant and dangerously misleading. What’s actually in the book? Why does the State believe it matters? And could fiction help convict someone of murder? This is the story of a courtroom fight over words on a page—and what they might mean in real life.  

 

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