Elia, a retired West Haven public school teacher who began advocating for repeal in 1997, helped coordinate congressional ...

Adrian Peeler convicted of conspiracy to murder in case that left a mother and her son dead before they could testify against his brother, another killer.

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 ...

Days before he left office, former President Joe Biden’s order ... a “mystery” as to how it got to Biden’s desk for approval. Others lawmakers in Connecticut have agreed with Blumenthal ...

Former President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 13 people convicted in Connecticut's federal courts, mostly for drug trafficking and firearms offenses, including several men with long ...

President Joe Biden on Wednesday night will deliver a ... Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC Connecticut's News Headlines newsletter.

A 48-year-old Connecticut drug kingpin who killed a mother and her 8-year-old son so she wouldn't testify against his brother has received a commutation as part of former President Joe Biden's ...

In announcing the clemency actions Friday, Biden said he was commuting ... He and other political leaders in Connecticut, including Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim, criticized the commutation.