In September 2012, Dan Markel, a Canada-born attorney and law professor, was away on a business trip. The highly respected Harvard graduate wrote about criminal law and sentencing in the justice syste

Beneath the brightly wrapped gifts lay a grim and heartbreaking discovery

The only clue to find a killer was some footprints in the snow

For my family, Christmas will never be the same

She fought to save her son but paid a terrible price

A day of joy became a bloodbath