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Man convicted in high-profile Bridgeport murder case gets clemency from Biden
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,
Biden grants clemency to man convicted in 1999 killing of mother, son in Bridgeport
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.
Blumenthal: 'Someone dropped the ball' on Biden granting Bridgeport murderer Adrian Peeler clemency
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.
Bridgeport residents 'uniformly outraged' by Biden's decision to grant clemency, on drug convictions, to man involved in high-profile murders
In the final moments of his presidency, Biden commuted a federal drug sentence for Adrian Peeler, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of Karen Clarke and BJ Brown.
Former President Biden pardons drug sentence for Bridgeport convicted murderer
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.
CT education officials seek power to intervene in Bridgeport school district amid $32M deficit
Connecticut’s top education official plans to ask the state Board of Education on Wednesday for the authority to intervene in ...
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Wrong-way driver dies days after three-car crash on Route 8 in Bridgeport
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Timeline: How CT killer Adrian Peeler, newly commuted, was convicted in killings of mom, 8-year-old
Adrian Peeler, a man convicted in the 1999 killings of a mother and her 8-year-old son, had his sentence commuted by outgoing ...
CT Board of Education approves state intervention in Bridgeport schools
Nearly all of Bridgeport's 20,000 students are identified as "high-needs." Local board members have clashed over how to serve ...
CT education officials to intervene in Bridgeport school district amid $32M deficit
The state Board of Education on Wednesday voted to give Connecticut's top education official the power to intervene in the ...
Bridgeport homicide victim texted landlord about suspect 15 minutes before shooting, police say
Dante French, 20, of Bridgeport faces charges of murder, carrying a pistol without a permit, and violating a protective order ...