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Dan Markel

American lawyer and academic; murder-for-hire victim

  • Fame56.6
  • Momentum25.0
  • Wikipedia92.6K
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Lived 1972–2014, aged 42United States
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  • Era
    1972–2014
    Aged 42
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Updated 2026-09-06

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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Momentum25.0
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Source confidence20.0
Completeness68.0
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