Trump Grants Clemency to Former Connecticut Governor Rowland and Chicago Inmate Hoover

Trump commutes sentence of former gang leader Larry Hoover as he grants clemency to dozens

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of former gang leader Larry Hoover on Wednesday as part of a wider clemency effort involving over two dozen convicts. Other people who had their sentences commuted include rapper NBA YoungBoy, sentenced over his…

More Pardons, Commutations —Including for Gang Leader

President Trump continued issuing pardons and commutations on Wednesday, including for a former Chicago gang leader given six life sentences for conspiracy, extortion, and other crimes. "I do not believe that there's a more notorious or prolific criminal than Larry Hoover," who was also convicted of ordering a hit on...

US President Donald Trump has pardoned six federal life sentences for 74-year-old gangster Larry Hoover in a series of pardons. He still faces a sentence of between 100 and 150 years for a state-level murder that the president cannot pardon, but the gangster now has hope of early release. Trump also had former Republican politicians and people from the rap music scene in mind when granting pardons.

Hoover’s Commutation Divides Chicago as State Sentence Remains

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hoover was convicted of murder and running a criminal enterprise. Although some supporters describe him as a political prisoner, the legal and public safety concerns associated with his name remain substantial.

How did former gang leader Larry Hoover's case end up on President Trump's radar

President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the federal sentence for Larry Hoover, a former Chicago gang leader who is serving a life sentence in a supermax prison in Colorado most of which has been in solitary confinement, according to his lawyer.Hoover is not a free man, however. He still has a state sentence to serve, but his attorneys and supporters are pushing Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois to follow President Trumps lead, claiming the infam…

Trump Has Commuted The Sentence Of Notorious Gang Leader Larry Hoover

So much for Trump’s crackdown on gangs.