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.
ByOswald Clarke, left, brother of Karen Clarke, is helped at the side of her casket by funeral home employee Kevin Mitchell, Jan. 20, 1999, during services at the Community Church of God in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Clarke’s brother, Oswald Clarke, said the commutation caught his family by surprise and that they were angry and dismayed. A grand jury indictment of Peeler in the drug case did not mention the killings, only that he and others conspired to sell multi-kilogram quantities of crack cocaine. Peeler’s lawyer, Michael Brown, declined to comment on the clemency. He said Peeler has worked hard to rehabilitate himself in prison and is a different person than he was a quarter-century ago.
Brown had identified Russell Peeler to police as the person who shot Snead in a 1997 attack that Snead survived. The boy, who had been riding in Snead’s car when he was shot, was expected to testify about the drive-by attack at Russell Peeler’s trial for subsequently attacking Snead again and killing him at a barbershop.
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