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Hoover, 74, still faces the remainder of a 200-year sentence in Illinois for the 1973 murder of William "Pooky" Young.
President Trump commuted Larry Hoover's federal sentence after 30 years in supermax prison. The former Chicago gang leader ...
Dr. Lance Williams, Professor of Urban Community Studies at Northeastern Illinois University and an expert in gang violence, ...
Former gang leader Larry Hoover, who attracted support from celebrity rappers, is one of several people who had sentences commuted by Trump on May 28.
Larry Hoover is the former leader of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago street gang that spread nationwide. Read about his ...
Mr. Hoover was accused of directing the Gangster Disciples even after he went to prison in the 1970s. The federal commutation ...
President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of a Chicago gang leader who was convicted for a 1973 murder. Here's what to know.
Larry Hoover, once declared “one of the most notorious criminals in Illinois history,” had his life sentence commuted by ...
It is unclear why Trump pardoned Hoover, but his liberation has been championed by prominent rappers Kanye West and Aubrey ...
President Donald Trump granted clemency to John Rowland and Larry Hoover, among others, focusing on their criminal histories ...
CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among the people to receive commutations this week from ...