A man convicted in the killing of an 8-year-old boy and his mother in Bridgeport in 1999 has been granted clemency by now former president Joe Biden, drawing criticism across party lines. The case and trial drew huge public interest and even lead to changed laws around witness protection here in the state.

Bridgeport Mayor Ganim called it a ‘terrible miscarriage of justice.’ He’s right too,” state Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding, R-Brookfield, said.

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.

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,

Former President Joe Biden's commutations of Connecticut federal cases included clemency for Bridgeport's Adrian Peeler and Jermayne Butler of New Haven.

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.

He was convicted of shooting to death 8-year old Leroy “B.J.” Brown and his mother Karen Clarke in January 1999 on orders from his older brother Russell Peeler, his partner in their Bridgeport drug gang.

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.