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The right call, the only call, is to let Hoover continue his acts for the common good from where he truly belongs — in his ...
Larry Hoover remains locked up in Illinois, handing Donald Trump an opportunity to one-up his Democratic rivals.
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 be Hoover ...
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 ...
SPRINGFIELD — Larry Hoover’s family members took his case to Gov. JB Pritzker’s office on Saturday as they seek a state commutation for the long-imprisoned Gangster Disciples co-founder, who ...
The case of Larry Hoover and the Gangster Disciples Ron Safer, a former U.S. attorney in Chicago who helped prosecute members of the Gangster Disciples during the 1990s, said he was shocked and ...
Hoover was first incarcerated in 1973 after being convicted of murder. In the 1990s, he was convicted of federal charges linked to his role directing the Gangster Disciples.
Ron Safer, a former U.S. attorney in Chicago who helped prosecute members of the Gangster Disciples during the 1990s, said he was shocked and dismayed by Trump's decision to commute Hoover's sentence.