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 ...

From left: Activist Ja’Mal Green; Winndye Jenkins-Hoover; state Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago; and Larry Hoover Jr. speak Saturday outside Gov. JB Pritzker’s office in the Illinois Capitol.

Hoover, founder of the notorious Gangster Disciples, was imprisoned in connection with a murder in 1973, and he was convicted in 1998 of running a criminal enterprise from inside an Illinois prison.

Hoover's supporters say they are working on ways to get Hoover paroled or pardoned in Illinois, but questions linger about his chances and even where he will be imprisoned. Notorious gang leader ...

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, a Chicago gang leader who was convicted for a 1973 murder. The action was one of several announced by the president on May 28 ...

CHICAGO — 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 ...

On Wednesday, Hoover’s federal sentence was commuted, though he will still be required to return to Illinois to resume serving his sentence for a murder he was convicted of in the 1970s.

Hoover remains eligible for parole in Illinois and has a hearing later this year. “He’s not responsible for all gang violence that ever has occurred,” said attorney Jennifer Bonjean.

Trump has ended Larry Hoover’s six federal life sentences, yet the onetime Gangster Disciples boss remains locked up in Illinois.

Nation What to know about onetime Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, whose federal sentence Trump commuted May 29, 2025 at 2:12 pm By SOPHIA TAREEN ...