Relatives of an 8-year-old boy and his mother who were murdered by a Connecticut drug gang are outraged that a man convicted in the killings was one of nearly 2,500 people whose drug-related prison sentences were commuted by former President Joe Biden in his last days in office.
Adrian Peeler, whose drug sentence was commuted by President Biden before he left office, killed a Bridgeport woman and her 8-year-old son in 1999.
President Biden issued clemency to Adrian Peeler, a notorious Bridgeport drug dealer implicated in the 1999 execution-style killings of a mother and her son.
Adrian Peeler convicted of conspiracy to murder in case that left a mother and her son dead before they could testify against his brother, another killer.
Adrian Peeler was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy in the murders of Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son, Leroy "BJ" Brown.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A man involved in a high-profile murder case in Bridgeport is set to be released from prison. Adrian Peeler, 48, was granted clemency by former President Joe Biden. Peeler was convicted of conspiring with his brother to kill Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son, Leroy “BJ” Brown, in 1999.
A man involved in a high-profile murder in Bridgeport from the 1990s was among the hundreds of convicts granted clemency by former President Joe Biden. Adrian Peeler is set to be released from federal prison.
Adrian Peeler, who was convicted for his roles in trading cocaine in Bridgeport and the killing of an 8-year-old witness and his mother, was granted clemency by outgoing President Joe Biden Monday.
A Connecticut drug kingpin convicted in the deaths of an 8-year-old boy and his mother was granted clemency by former President Joe Biden — in a stunning 11th-hour move slammed by fellow Democrats.
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