Hoover and David Barksdale created the Gangster Disciples in the late 1960s, ruling as “King Larry” and “King David” until Barksdale was killed in 1974.

Larry Hoover, 74, denounced his past and has been locked up for more than 50 years. But Trump is hardly the harbinger of ...

Hoover, 74, still faces the remainder of a 200-year sentence in Illinois for the 1973 murder of William "Pooky" Young.

Although Hoover’s federal sentence is commuted, he still has to serve out his 200-year sentence in Illinois. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board denied Hoover’s request for early release last year.

Donald Trump may have commuted Larry Hoover's federal life sentence, but the ex-Gangster Disciples leader still has a slew of red tape to cut through before he's totally free!!!

When an Illinois judge sentenced Larry Hoover to up to 200 years in prison for murder in the 1970s, it was the sort of punishment that seemed destined to end his career as a Chicago gang leader.

Larry Hoover will get out of the federal supermax where he was going to die, thanks to Trump. His full story beggars belief.

Larry Hoover is the former leader of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago street gang that spread nationwide. ... Illinois. But Hoover’s power seemed only to grow inside Stateville.

Larry Hoover took a big step toward freedom Wednesday. But he’s not a free man. That’s even after President Donald Trump commuted the life prison sentence of the 74-year-old co-founder of the ...

Mr. Hoover, a drug kingpin who was convicted of leading a vast street gang from inside an Illinois prison, has also been convicted of murder. By Aishvarya Kavi President Trump on Wednesday ...

After receiving federal clemency from Donald Trump, Larry Hoover’s family has turned to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to seek a state commutation for the Gangsters Disciples co-founder.