South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says 30 of the 40 inmates involved in a May 27 “prison riot” at the Jameson Annex ...

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

President Trump on Wednesday commuted a federal sentence for Larry Hoover, who is credited for founding the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago gang known for heinous murders, violent robberies and ...

Larry Hoover, the famed founder of the Gangster Disciples, had his life sentence commuted Wednesday by President Trump. Though Trump used his power to clear 74-year-old Hoover of federal charges, ...

Aug. 2, 1993: Gangster Disciples leader Larry Hoover says he's paid his debt to society 02:01. In the interview with Davis, the leader of the Gangster Disciples and convicted murderer he'd had a ...

Mr. Hoover was accused of directing the Gangster Disciples even after he went to prison in the 1970s. The federal commutation will not change his state prison sentence.

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

Former gang leader Larry Hoover, who attracted support from celebrity rappers, ... Hoover led the Gangster Disciples and was convicted in a 1973 murder in Illinois, court documents say.

Chicago Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover is being granted clemency by President Donald Trump. His wife and son spoke with ABC7 about the announcement.

Hoover, 74, the founder of the Gangster Disciples, has spent nearly three decades in solitary confinement at ADX Florence in Colorado, widely considered one of the most secure prisons in the world.