Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, an ...

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

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of a Chicago gang leader who was convicted for a 1973 murder. Here's what to ...

When President Donald Trump commuted the federal prison sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, it may have marked the first time a form of clemency was granted on a current inmate of the ...

Hoover and David Barksdale created the Gangster Disciples in the late 1960s, ruling as “King Larry” and “King David” until Barksdale was killed in 1974.

Founding the Gangster Disciples. The Gangster Disciples (GDs) were founded in the mid ‘60s by Hoover and David Barksdale— known as King David.

Some of the gangs South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley listed as tied to violence at the men’s prison in Sioux Falls ...

Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover's quest for freedom faces key test this week Hoover is asking to cut short his time in federal prison under the First Step Act.

PEABODY, MA — Three men the U.S. Attorney's Office said are believed to be members of the "Gangster Disciple" gang, including ...

CHICAGO — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...