Sunday, July 20, 2014

Florida Professor Dan Markel Killed In Assassination Or Robbery

Florida Professor Dan Markel Killed In Assassination Or Robbery ---
tags: July 2014, Front Door AttackTeacher Attacked school incident, faculty victim, home attack, suspect sought, Jewish Victims, Forward

1 killed: Assassination of Florida Law Professor July 18, 2014 Florida State University law professor dies in home invasion shooting Tallahassee Democrat  Dan Markel, a well-known Jewish Florida State law professor and author, died at the age of 41 after being shot at his front door in his home in an apparent botched robbery (cover story for assassination motive).

Markel's articles, essays and writings have been displayed in top law reviews and his opinion pieces have been featured in the New York Times, Slate and The Atlantic. In 2009, he published a book, Privilege or Punish: Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties. He also ran a popular blog about law called Prawfs Blawg. Raised in Toronto, Markel graduated from Harvard College in 1995 and later received his masters from the University of Cambridge before graduating from Harvard Law School in 2001. His teaching career at Florida State dates back to 2005, according to his website. Since then, his teaching has been in criminal law with focuses on a variety of other topics such as the death penalty and punitive damages.

Dan Markel

D'Alemberte Professor of Law
FSU College of Law
425 W. Jefferson St. #302
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Prawfsblawg.blogs.com

markel@post.harvard.edu
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A.B. Harvard College; Dorot-Harvard Fellow in Jerusalem; M.Phil., U. of Cambridge; J.D., Harvard Law School.

Dan Markel


*Islam

  •  Leon Wieseltier's shrewd assessment of Noah Feldman's latest NYTMag piece. My favorite line from Leon's essay: "I do not want The New York Times to become the voice of moderate Judaism, or of any Judaism. I want only that liberals desist from granting Muslims a reprieve from the rigors of liberalism." Another lively excerpt after the jump.

[Feldman] compares Islamic law to nothing less than "the American constitutional balance of powers." Philadelphia! But hold on. Reading Feldman's analysis, sharia begins to look rather unlike an apotheosis of progressive state-building. For the term "connotes a connection to the divine, a set of unchanging beliefs and principles that order life in accordance with God's will." It "is best understood as a kind of higher law." It is "a legal system in which God's law sets the ground rules." Political legitimacy in a regime of sharia is conferred not by the rulers or the ruled, but by "the scholars," who interpret--which is to say, invent--God's will, and appoint themselves: "judicial authority came from the caliph, but the law came from the scholars." In sum, a dictatorship of divines: malign or benign, but a dictatorship. (Today's Islamism does away with the scholars as "the constitutional balance to the executive," but demands "Islamic judicial review" of all legislation.) It may be that "shariah aspires to be a law that applies equally to every human being," but Feldman says little or nothing about its treatment of women and non-Muslims, or about the law of jihad.

*Jewish

Jewish Daily Forward
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
www.tabletmag.com



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More details are beginning to emerge in the weekend death of Dan Markel, D’Alemberte Professor of Law at Florida State and the founder of PrawfsBlawg, as the result of a shooting in his home:  Tallahassee police say that Dan was shot in the head and that the shooting was not "a random act" or connected with any burglary or robbery but instead was a "murder" as the result of a targeted attack.
I have collected links to the many tributes to Dan here.

  • etails Begin to Emerge in Murder of Dan Markel - TaxProf ...

    taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof.../details-begin-to-emerge-.ht...
    TaxProf Blog
    1 day ago - Details Begin to Emerge in Murder of Dan Markel ... ABA Journal, Law Prof's Shooting Wasn't a Burglary Gone Bad; He Was 'Intended Victim,'  ...
  • TaxProf Blog: Death of Dan Markel (1972-2014)

    taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/07/death-of.html
    TaxProf Blog
    7 hours ago - Tallahassee Democrat, FSU Law Professor Dies in Shooting: Tallahassee ... Update #4: Details Begin to Emerge in Murder of Dan Markel.


    1. Florida State U. prof Dan Markel slain in home shooting - JTA

      www.jta.org/.../florida-state-u-law-professor-...

      Jewish Telegraphic Agency
      1 day ago - Dan Markel, a law professor at Florida State University, died after being ...German Jewish leader: Don't be intimidated by anti-Semitic protests  ...



  • Dan Markel's Meaningful Life Ends in Senseless Death ...

    forward.com/.../dan-markels-meaningful-life-e...

    The Jewish Daily Forward
    by Jay Michaelson - 1 day ago - That can be a truism, but in Dan Markel's case every word is true, Jay ... ://forward.com/articles/202181/my-hunt-for-the-cossacks-in-ukraine/?



  • Florida Law Professor Dan Markel Was 'Intended Victim' in ...

    forward.com/articles/202472/

    The Jewish Daily Forward
    10 hours ago - Dan Markel, a prominent Jewish Florida law professor and author, was the “intended victim” in his shooting death inside his home, the ...Dan Markel, a prominent Jewish Florida law professor and author, was the “intended victim” in his shooting death inside his home, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported Tuesday.
    Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DiLeo called the Friday killing a “murder” in a Monday press release. He said the killing was not “a random act” and was not connected with any burglary or robbery, easing the fears of neighbors who feared a home invader on the loose.
    Investigators did not offer any possible motive for the crime or say if there were any suspects.
    “TPD will work tirelessly to follow up on all leads and evidence in this case,” DeLeo said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Markel family as they endure this terrible tragedy. My investigators will do everything they can to see those responsible for this murder are brought to justice.”
    His estranged wife, also a law professor, was said to be distraught at the news and cooperating with the investigation.
    The Jewish Florida State University College of Law professor was at home when neighbors heard a loud bang Friday morning.


    Read more: http://forward.com/articles/202472/florida-law-professor-dan-markel-was-intended-vict/#ixzz38ENxadtM



  • Law Professor Dan Markel Killed by Gunshot to Head ...

    forward.com/articles/202598/

    The Jewish Daily Forward
    26 mins ago - Dan Markel died from a gunshot wound to the head, the Tallahassee Police Department announced Tuesday.



  • Florida Law Professor Dan Markel Found Shot Dead in ...

    forward.com/.../florida-law-professor-dan-mar...

    The Jewish Daily Forward
    1 day ago - Dan Markel, a prominent Florida law professor and author, was found shot and killed in his Tallahassee home, authorities said. ... Forward.com.



    1. Adrienne's Corner: Breaking: Dan Markel, Florida State Law ...

      adriennescatholiccorner.blogspot.com/.../breaking-dan-markel-florida-st...

      21 hours ago - According to an email sent out by the school to students, Dan Markelwas taken to the hospital after being shot Friday. He died from his injuries  ...
    2. Death of Dan Markel (1972-2014)

      en.actu.net/p/death-of-dan-markel-19722014

      Dan Markel, D'Alemberte Professor of Law at Florida State and the founder of ... wasshot during an attempted robbery in his home in Tallahassee on Friday and ...

    3. More images for dan markel shooting



    4. FSU law professor dies in shooting | FSView | fsunews.com

      www.fsunews.com/article/.../140719001

      FSView & Florida Flambeau
      20 hours ago - A Florida State University law professor was shot and killed Friday. ...FSU Professor of Law Dan Markel was taken to the hospital after being  ...
    5. Toronto-raised law professor shot dead in Florida | Toronto ...

      www.thestar.com/.../torontoraised_law_professor_shot_dead...

      Toronto Star
      15 hours ago - Dan Markel, father of two and law professor at Florida State University, was shot at his house in Tallahassee on Friday, according to media ...
    6. "Toronto-raised law professor shot dead in Florida; Dan ...

      www.lawblogs.net/.../toronto-raised-law-professor-shot-dead-in-florida-d...

      6 hours ago - "Toronto-raised law professor shot dead in Florida; Dan Markel, father of two and law professor at Florida State University, was shot at his ...
    7. Police investigate fatal shooting of law professor - Sarasota ...

      www.heraldtribune.com/article/.../307209849

      Sarasota Herald‑Tribune
      1 hour ago - Police investigate fatal shooting of law professor ... Donald Weidner told faculty and staff that Dan Markel died early Saturday after being "fatally  ...
    8. FSU law highbrow shot and killed in Tallahassee

      www.flnewsfeed.com/.../fsu-law-professor-shot-and-killed-in-tallahassee/

      17 hours ago - Photo Credit: Florida State University Law School Dan Markel Dan Markel Posted: Saturday, Jul 19, 2014 5:04 pm | Updated: 9:32 pm, Sat Jul 








  • Dan Markel, RIP - The Washington Post

    www.washingtonpost.com/news/.../dan-markel-rip/

    The Washington Post
    9 hours ago - Well-known Florida State law professor Dan Markel died on Saturday, after being shot in what may have been a invasion the day before.










  • TaxProf Blog: Death of Dan Markel (1972-2014)

    taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/07/death-of.html

    TaxProf Blog
    22 hours ago - Markel Dan Markel, D'Alemberte Professor of Law at Florida State and the founder of PrawfsBlawg, was shot during an attempted robbery in his  ...










  • TPD Investigating FSU Law Professor's Death as a Homicide

    www.wctv.tv/.../BREAKING-Police-Investigate-Shooting-on-Tres...

    WCTV
    12 hours ago - FSU law professor killed in Friday morning shooting 7-19-14 11pm. Trescott Drive ... The victim has been identified as Daniel Markel. Members  ...










  • BREAKING: FSU Prof Shot and Killed

    www.thecollegefix.com/post/18468/

    19 hours ago - Florida State Law Professor Dan Markel was shot Friday morning in Tallahassee. He died Saturday morning. WXTL reports: According to an  ...










  • PrawfsBlawg: We Have Lost Our Beloved Friend, Dan Markel

    prawfsblawg.blogs.com/.../we-have-lost-our-beloved-friend-dan-markel....

    21 hours ago - Our friend Dan Markel has been taken from us, suddenly and terribly. ...all the details, but our understanding is that Dan was shot and killed.










  • Tallahassee: White FSU Law Professor, Dan MarkelShot ...

    nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/.../tallahassee-white-fsu-law-profes...

    20 hours ago - Tallahassee: White FSU Law Professor, Dan MarkelShot and Killed; WTXL Provides No Information on Murder, and No Reader Comments, ...










  • Dan Markel | Just Security

    justsecurity.org/13086/dan-markel/

    Dan Markel ... about the death of Dan Markel, a professor at Florida State University School of Law who was shot and killed in his home yesterday morning.










  • In Memoriam: Dan Markel (1972-2014) - Brian Leiter's Law ...

    leiterlawschool.typepad.com/.../in-memoriam-dan-markel-1972-2014.ht...

    22 hours ago - The circumstances of the shooting and the perpetrator remain ... .typepad.com/leiter/2014/07/in-memoriam-dan-markel-1972-2014.html.





  • Saturday, July 19, 2014

    In Memoriam: Dan Markel (1972-2014)

    I am very sorry to report the horrible news that Professor Markel, a well-known criminal law scholar and theorist at Florida State, has died, apparently murdered during an attempted robbery of his home in Tallahassee on Friday.  (The details are unclear at this point, I will post more as soon as I know more.)
    UPDATE:  This news item confirms that he was shot and died of the gunshot wound.  The circumstances of the shooting and the perpetrator remain unspecified.
    ANOTHER:  From what colleagues at FSU tell me, Prof. Markel was murdered after opening the door of his home, though whether as part of a robbery or something else is unclear.  It's just ghastly.
    AND ANOTHER:  His colleagues at PrawfsBlog have posted a memorial notice, and the thread is open for remembrances and condolences.
    MORE:  Local police have confirmed they are investigating the crime as a homicide, without any mention of robbery, attempted or otherwise.


    http://ninjapundit.blogspot.com/2014/07/florida-professor-dan-markel-killed-in.html

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