President Trump on Wednesday commuted the sentence of notorious former Chicago street gang leader Larry Hoover, who was serving multiple life sentences in federal prison. Hoover, 74, the co-founder of ...
Across history, courts have handed down extraordinarily long prison sentences—some so extreme that they stretch far beyond a human lifespan. These sentences are often symbolic, meant to reflect the ...
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