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Daniel Eric Markel was a Canadian-born attorney and law professor who wrote various works on retribution in criminal law and sentencing with a focus on the role of punishment in the criminal justice system. He earned a J.D. degree from Harvard University in 2001, and after working as a law clerk to a federal judge and as an associate at a law firm, joined the faculty of Florida State University in 2005.

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Dan Markel was a male lawyer, university teacher, and author from the United States. Born in Toronto in 1972, he was educated at Emmanuel College, Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He worked as an employer at Florida State University and wrote in English. His notable works include the book *Privilege or punish*.

Markel had two children and was a native English speaker. He died in Tallahassee in 2014 from a gunshot wound sustained in a homicide. He is referenced by 29 other encyclopedia articles.

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Born
1972-10-09
Died
2014-07-19
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Gender
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Origin
United States
Active from
1996-08-26
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Born
9 October 1972
Died
19 July 2014

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Daniel Eric Markel (October 9, 1972 – July 19, 2014) was a Canadian-born attorney and law professor who wrote various works on retribution in criminal law and sentencing with a focus on the role of punishment in the criminal justice system. He earned a J.D. degree from Harvard University in 2001, and after working as a law clerk to a federal judge and as an associate at a law firm, joined the faculty of Florida State University in 2005.

In 2014, Markel was killed in Tallahassee, Florida, in a murder-for-hire motivated by child custody issues following Markel's divorce from Wendi Adelson, a clinical law professor and child advocate also employed at Florida State University at the time.

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