A happy Christmas morningended in murder

Before they could celebrate the new year, she shot him dead

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

A TIP-OFF LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE 23-YEAR-OLD’S BODY – THEN HER ALLEGED KILLER TURNED HIMSELF IN

A day of joy became a bloodbath

Melody Hoffman, 20, loved unconditionally. She thought of others and even animals before herself and navigated the world with an endearing innocence. An intellectual disability meant she was mentally