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

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

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

Larry Hoover supporters are urging Gov. Pritzker to grant clemency after Trump commuted his federal sentences but left his state term intact.

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

President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also ...

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

The commutation of Larry Hoover’s federal sentence denigrates the lives of the children lost to the the Gangster Disciples.

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

In a significant act of clemency, President Donald Trump has granted a commutation to Larry Hoover, the 74-year-old founder of the Gangster Disciples, a notorious Chicago-based gang. Hoover’s legal ...

CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among the people to receive commutations this week from ...