At the age of 19 years old, Hoover joined forces with David Barksdale, a rival gang leader, to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation, which became a powerful force in the city’s South Side.

President Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 26 people in recent days, including former Republican lawmakers, reality-television stars and a one-time gang leader convicted of murder.

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of former gang leader Larry Hoover on Wednesday as part of a wider clemency effort involving over two dozen convicts. Other people who had their ...

it was the sort of punishment that seemed destined to end his career as a Chicago gang leader. But in the decades that followed, prosecutors said, Mr. Hoover’s power only grew as he directed one ...

President Donald Trump commuted the federal sentence of Larry Hoover, a Chicago gang leader who has been serving multiple life sentences for charges including murder, extortion and money laundering.

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 (WLS) -- President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of a notorious former Chicago gang leader. Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover was serving a life sentence at a prison in ...

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, a former Chicago gang leader serving a life sentence at a supermax prison in Colorado. WGN's Jenna Barnes localizes the story.