President Donald Trump has commuted the federal life sentence for infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, abruptly ending Hoover’s yearslong quest to win early release under the

A gang leader who built a powerful criminal enterprise, an ex-congressman from New York, and a Connecticut governor all received clemency Wednesday.

Long before Larry Hoover became so notorious as the leader of the Gangster Disciples, a young drug dealer, William ‘Pooky’ Young, was thriving in a Chicago neighbourhood, until it was cut short in a brutal alley killing. William Young was just 19 years old when he was gunned down on 26 February 1973. Known locally as a small-time drug dealer.