Former President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of a Connecticut drug dealer who was convicted in the killings of a mother and her eight-year-old son as part of a slate of thousands of pardons for “non-violent” criminals.
Adrian Peeler, 48, was ultimately only convicted of conspiring to kill Karen Clarke and her eight-year-old son, Leroy “BJ” Brown, despite the testimony of an eyewitness, the Connecticut Post reported.
The mother and son were attacked as they came home to their apartment in January 1999 — just weeks before they were set to testify against the drug dealer’s brother, who was accused of shooting Clarke’s boyfriend in front of the small boy. Peeler’s brother reportedly gave the order to kill the mother and son.
Clarke was found shot multiple times and lying face up on the floor of her son’s room with a phone just inches from her hand. Her son was found…
