Adrian Peeler, a man convicted in the 1999 killings of a mother and her 8-year-old son, had his sentence commuted by outgoing President Joe Biden last week.

A Bridgeport man convicted of a brutal double murder that led the state to create a witness protection program has been granted clemency by former President Joe Biden. Adrian Peeler, 48, was initially sentenced to 25 years in state prison for the murder of Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son,

Adrian Peeler, a notorious Connecticut killer and drug dealer, was among the nearly 2,500 convicted criminals whose prison sentences were commuted last week by former President Joseph Biden. Peeler’s crimes horrified the state.

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.

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.

In a surprising move, Adrian Peeler, convicted in the 1999 Bridgeport murders of 8-year-old Leroy "B.J." Brown and his mother, Karen Clarke, is set to be released in July following a commutation by former President Biden.