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A judge on Friday resentenced a convicted killer to life without parole for ordering the slayings of a Bridgeport mother and her 8-year-old son in 1999. Russell Peeler Jr. is the second of Connecticut's

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Ex-death row inmate resentenced to life without parole

A judge on Friday resentenced a convicted killer to life without parole for ordering the slayings of a Bridgeport mother and her 8-year-old son in 1999. Russell Peeler Jr. is the second of Connecticut's

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