It’s not unusual for Illinois to send high-profile prisoners away to serve their time elsewhere. Colorado prison officials ...

Three state lawmakers stood with Hoover's family as they seek a state commutation that would release the long-imprisoned ...

Larry Hoover is the former leader of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago street gang that spread nationwide. Read about his ...

Hoover, 74, still faces the remainder of a 200-year sentence in Illinois for the 1973 murder of William "Pooky" Young.

Donald Trump may have commuted Larry Hoover's federal life sentence, but the ex-Gangster Disciples leader still has a slew of ...

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

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

Larry Hoover remains incarcerated despite his federal sentences being commuted by Donald Trump. Here's what he did and what ...

President Trump on Wednesday commuted a federal sentence for Larry Hoover, who is credited for founding the Gangster ...

Dr. Lance Williams, Professor of Urban Community Studies at Northeastern Illinois University and an expert in gang violence, ...

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

By Mitch Smith and Julie Bosman Reporting from Chicago When an Illinois judge sentenced Larry Hoover to up to 200 years in prison for murder in the 1970s, it was the sort of punishment that seemed ...