death_date death_place children birth_place birth_date spouse residence image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
19 july 2014 tallahassee , florida , u.s. 2 toronto , ontario , canada 9 october 1972 wendi jill adelson -lrb- 2006-2013 -rrb- tallahassee , florida , u.s. dan_markel . jpg dan markel
 daniel eric markel law professor , author gunshot wound
dan markel

dan markel -lrb- october 9 , 1972 -- july 19 , 2014 -rrb- was a canadian attorney and legal academic who wrote important works on retribution in criminal law and sentencing , with a focus on the role of punishment in the criminal justice system .
a toronto native , he was murdered in tallahassee , florida in 2014 .
the crime remains unsolved .
