a jury in Bridgeport Superior Court has recommend that Russell Peeler Jr. be sentenced to death.

a jury in Bridgeport Superior Court has recommend that Russell Peeler Jr. be sentenced to death.
Peeler, 35, will be sent to death row for orchestrating the killing of Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son, Leroy "B.J." Brown Jr., at the hands of his younger brother, Adrian.
Judge Robert Devlin Jr. continued the case for sentencing at a date to be determined, but by law he must impose the jury's verdict on Peeler.
Peeler was convicted in 2000 of ordering his brother Adrian, then 19, to kill Clarke and B.J. on Jan. 7, 1999, in their home. The boy was scheduled to testify against Peeler for his role in the May 1998 murder of Clarke's fiance, Rudy Snead.
Adrian Peeler, the shooter, was convicted only of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison for the crime.