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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover is set to appear in court for the first time in decades Thursday as his long-shot bid to win freedom comes to a head at Chicago's federal courthouse.

President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence for Larry Hoover, the infamous Gangster Disciples founder. This ended Hoover's long journey to win early release under the First Step Act ...

Larry Hoover, the imprisoned ounder of the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples street gang, which saw four other leaders get life sentences and a fifth get 32 years in prison.

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 ...