Why has the president chosen to commute the sentence of a violent Chicago crime lord, particularly when he has consistently expressed an anathema for violent crime?

What To Know. Hoover, known as "King Larry" was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in November 1950. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois, when he was 4 years old, and he joined a gang less than a ...

Larry Hoover, now 74, was the leader of the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples and was convicted in 1997 for running the criminal enterprise ...

Who is Larry Hoover, what is ‘ADX Florence' and more questions answered Hoover's sentence was commuted Wednesday, one of more than two-dozen actions taken by President Trump ...

Hoover’s federal sentence commutation is one of a number granted by Trump, but the former gang leader is still serving a 200-year state sentence for murder. Larry Hoover [Courtesy: Creative Commons] ...

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.

Hoover, known as "King Larry" was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in November 1950. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois, when he was 4 years old, and he joined a gang less than a decade later, at ...

President Donald Trump this week commuted the federal life sentence of Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover. Hoover, who was serving six life sentences after his 1997 conviction in federal court ...

Larry Hoover, 22, is shown in a police booking photo in March 1973. (Chicago Police Department) Undeterred, Hoover ran his drug enterprise from state prison over the next two decades.

Former gang leader Larry Hoover, who attracted support from celebrity rappers, is one of several people who had sentences commuted by Trump on May 28. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Who Is Larry Hoover? Hoover is the co-founder of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago-based street gang. Born on November 30, 1950, in Jackson, Mississippi, Hoover moved to Chicago at age four.