Larry Hoover, Gangster Disciple leader, appears for for an annual parole hearing on Aug. 31, 1995. ... We don’t know that, if he makes it back to Illinois, Hoover can rebuild his gang nation.

The wife of notorious Chicago gang leader and Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover wrote an open letter to Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker asking for her husband's state sentence to be commuted.

Hoover’s legal team has asked that the Gangster Disciples founder’s life sentence be reduced, which would allow him to be moved to an Illinois state prison to serve out a 200-year state term.

Gang leader Larry Hoover asks judge to recuse himself over 'wildly out of bounds' murders question He also presides over the corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael J ...

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 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.

Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover's quest for freedom faces key test this week But the decision to grant mercy rests with U.S. District Judge John Blakey, nominated to the bench in 2014 by ...

Judging from the parade of politicians who went to Joliet this week to sing the praises of a titular community leader named Larry Hoover, you’d think Hoover had spent the last 20 years building ...

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

Apparently fake clemency letter for Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover sent to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Jason Meisner - Chicago Tribune (TNS) Jun 26, 2025 Jun 26, 2025; ...

Larry Hoover, a convicted murderer and chairman of the Chicago street gang known as Gangster Disciples who is currently serving six life sentences, formed the center of a Los Angeles concert ...

What to know about onetime Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, whose federal sentence Trump commuted One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among President Donald Trump’s most recent ...