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- President Donald Trump commuted Larry Hoover's federal sentences on May 28, 2025, prompting his transfer from a Colorado supermax prison to an Illinois state facility.
- The commutation followed years of lobbying by Kanye West and other advocates, intensified after Alice Marie Johnson became the White House pardon advisor.
- Hoover, the co-founder of the Gangster Disciples, was convicted in 1997 and received six life sentences for overseeing gang-related violence and drug trafficking from around 1970 to 1995, in addition to serving a lengthy state prison term—estimated between 150 and 200 years—for a murder committed in 1973.
- Supporters and attorneys, including Justin Moore, assert Hoover has shown rehabilitation and aged out of criminality, though prosecutors warn he may try to reclaim gang leadership if released.
- Although President Trump's commutation enables Hoover's release from federal custody, he is still imprisoned under his state conviction, awaiting decisions from Illinois authorities and recommendations from the Prisoner Review Board.
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Chicago drug kingpin Larry Hoover's path to a commutation ran through Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort
The quest to free Chicago drug kingpin Larry Hoover included a stop at Mar-a-Lago.A New York lawyer advocating for Hoover said he spoke with President Donald Trump several months ago at the resort where he lives in Palm Beach, Florida. It was among a series of high-profile meetings between Hoover’s lawyers and Trump and his top aides since 2018.On Wednesday, their years-long advocacy paid off with Trump commuting Hoover's federal sentence of lif…
Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » After Trump commutation, Larry Hoover must clear major state hurdle (Updated)CapitolFax.com
* Sun-Times… 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 Gangster Disciples, who’s been held for decades in the so-called supermax prison in Colorado. Hoover still has a state-court murder sentence to serve. It’s [...]
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Entertainment MagazineLarry Hoover Still Has to Petition Illinois Life Sentence After Trump Clemency
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!!! Hoover is still on the hook for a life sentence in the state of…
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