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QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito," on Friday accepted a court's request to be extradited to the United States to face drug and gun charges. Macias, who ...
One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among President Donald Trump’s most recent presidential commutations. The puzzling move raised questions about whether Larry Hoover will be freed ...
Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, an apparently fake clemency petition arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker.
Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, a letter arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker that purported to be Hoover ...
The wife of notorious Chicago gang leader and Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover wrote an open letter to Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker asking for her husband's state sentence to be commuted.
Dr. Lance Williams, Professor of Urban Community Studies at Northeastern Illinois University and an expert in gang violence, joins Karen Conti to discuss President Trump’s commutation of the sentence ...
After receiving federal clemency from Donald Trump, Larry Hoover’s family has turned to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to seek a state commutation for the Gangsters Disciples co-founder.
Larry Hoover, founder of a notorious Chicago street gang who has spent the past three decades in solitary confinement in federal prison, was granted clemency by President Donald Trump on Wednesday — ...
The National Sheriffs' Association issued a scathing review of the list that targeted Illinois and other places across the country.
A commutation of Larry Hoover's sentence by President Trump has raised questions about when the onetime gang leader will be freed.