Mr. Hoover was accused of directing the Gangster Disciples even after he went to prison in the 1970s. The federal commutation ...

One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among President Donald Trump’s most recent presidential commutations.

Mr. Hoover, a drug kingpin who was convicted of leading a vast street gang from inside an Illinois prison, has also been ...

The path went through California, Mississippi and Florida before ending Wednesday with Trump commuting Hoover's life sentence ...

President Trump on Wednesday commuted the sentence of notorious former Chicago street gang leader Larry Hoover, who was serving multiple life sentences in federal prison. Hoover, 74, the co ...

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

Donation Options Search Search Search From left: Activist Ja’Mal Green; Winndye Jenkins-Hoover; state Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago; and Larry Hoover Jr. speak Saturday outside Gov. JB Pritzker ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Larry Hoover (left) and President Donald Trump. Sun-Times file Share The quest to free Chicago drug kingpin Larry Hoover included a stop at Mar-a-Lago.

Larry Hoover, 22, is shown in a police booking photo in March 1973. (Chicago Police Department) Undeterred, Hoover ran his drug enterprise from state prison over the next two decades. In the early ...

Chicago Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover is being granted clemency by President Donald Trump. His wife and son spoke with ABC7 about the announcement.

Larry Hoover, a cofounder of a notorious Chicago street gang who was imprisoned in a “supermax” prison for decades, has had his sentence commuted by President Donald Trump. Hoover was one of ...

“After nearly 30 years in federal solitary and over 50 years behind bars, Larry Hoover has been granted executive clemency by ...