Larry Hoover's family is seeking state clemency to help the Gangster Disciples co-founder secure his freedom for the first time in over 50 years. After receiving federal clemency from Donald Trump ...

Larry Hoover remains locked up in Illinois, handing Donald Trump an opportunity to one-up his Democratic rivals.

Larry Hoover's family and supporters visited the state capital on Saturday to ask Governor Pritzker for the Chicago gang leader's release. Hoover's prison sentence was commuted by President Trump ...

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 ...

Larry Hoover became the focus of renewed calls for clemency on Tuesday (May 14) as community leaders and elected officials from Chicago’s South Side urged Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to act ...

The wife of notorious Chicago gang leader and Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover wrote an open letter to Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker asking for her husband's state sentence to be commuted.

Larry Hoover’s federal sentence commuted, but he’s not free Chicago Gangster Disciples founder still has to serve 200-year state sentence, which President Trump is powerless to overturn ...

President Trump commuted Hoover’s federal life sentences on May 28, 2025. The decision followed advocacy from celebrities like Kanye West and Drake, who highlighted Hoover’s case in a 2021 ...

Hoover led the Gangster Disciples in Chicago and was convicted in 1976 for the murder of the 19-year-old drug dealer William "Pooky" Young three years prior, according to court documents.