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Hoover, 74, still faces the remainder of a 200-year sentence in Illinois for the 1973 murder of William "Pooky" Young.
President Trump commuted Larry Hoover's federal sentence after 30 years in supermax prison. The former Chicago gang leader still faces state murder charges.
Former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover’s federal prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump, sparking widespread ...
Lawyers for imprisoned R&B superstar R. Kelly claim they have uncovered evidence of government wrongdoing and that the ...
Donation Options Search Search Search Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, photographed here in 1994, has drawn comparisons to Al Capone for his notoriety. Sun-Times file Share The prison door ...
Hoover led the Gangster Disciples and was convicted in a 1973 murder in Illinois, court documents say. While serving up to 200 years for the crime, he was convicted of several federal crimes ...
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a notorious Brooklyn gang member wanted for conspiracy to murder, who has previously eluded authorities ...
Infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover’s first court appearance in decades may have been via video link from a prison more than a thousand miles from Chicago, but the judge’s ...
CHICAGO — Lawyers representing Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover filed a motion Friday asking the judge overseeing Hoover’s request for release from a life sentence to recuse himself ...
PEABODY, MA — Three men the U.S. Attorney's Office said are believed to be members of the "Gangster Disciple" gang, including ...
Hoover helped form the violent Gangster Disciples street gang, and he ran it from state prison while serving time for murder. In 1998, a federal judge told Hoover he’d misused his ability to lea ...