The right call, the only call, is to let Hoover continue his acts for the common good from where he truly belongs — in his ...

CHICAGO — 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 ...

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 ...

Hoover, who co-founded one of Chicago’s most notorious gangs—the Gangster Disciples—had been serving multiple life sentences for both state and federal convictions over nearly 50 years.

Notorious gang leader works behind bars Hoover was a founder of the Gangster Disciples more than 50 years ago, which remains one of Chicago’s most notorious street gangs.

Trump has ended Larry Hoover’s six federal life sentences, yet the onetime Gangster Disciples boss remains locked up in Illinois.