Larry Hoover's family and supporters visited the state capital on Saturday to ask Governor Pritzker for the Chicago gang leader's release.

Alice Marie Johnson says Larry Hoover's federal prison sentence was commuted to give him the hope of receiving a real second chance ... but he still has years to serve in an Illinois prison for a state crime,

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.