President Trump commuted Larry Hoover's federal sentence after 30 years in supermax prison. The former Chicago gang leader still faces state murder charges.

The Gangster Disciples is highly structured, disciplined and deadly, according to U.S. Attorney John Horn in Atlanta. The federal racketeering indictment unsealed Wednesday depicts an almost ...

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

“The Gangster Disciples have been a menace to law-abiding Americans for more than 40 years and remain a threat in 35 states today,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “This gang sells ...

“The court is persuaded that Edwards can live a law-abiding life upon release.” Edwards, 49, supervised about 600 Gangster Disciples members before he was promoted to the board of the ...

(WTVO) — Trump has granted the founder of the Gangster Disciples, Larry Hoover ... been commuted by President Donald Trump,” Bonjean Law Group said in a statement. “Mr. Hoover, who is ...

They also intimidated witnesses to prevent them from cooperating with law enforcement and targeted ... at his trial showed Hardison murdered a Gangster Disciples’ associate in January 2012 ...

“Law enforcement has delivered a devastating blow to the Gangster Disciples criminal enterprise,” acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri said of the sentences. According to the ...

We had made a transition in 1978-79, from the old to the new. Gangster Disciples had a new concept: We had laws and policies and we had principles. Making the transition from the old into the new ...

Some of Hoover’s co-defendants have already seen mercy under the law. Former federal prosecutor Ron Safer, who led the Gangster Disciples prosecution, supported sentencing breaks for some of ...