Overview

• Former Missouri principal Cornelius Green pleads guilty to federal murder-for-hire charges in the 2016 killing of Jocelyn Peters, a teacher who was pregnant with his child.
• Green used school funds to pay $2,500 to his childhood friend, Phillip Cutler, to commit the murder.
• Peters was 27 weeks pregnant at the time of her death. Green orchestrated the murder to avoid jeopardizing his marriage and career.
• Cutler, who has pleaded not guilty, is set to go on trial for murder-for-hire conspiracy and murder-for-hire in March.
• Green's sentencing is scheduled for June 5, where he is expected to receive a life sentence, avoiding the death penalty.