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?

That’s because Daedone and her legal team have been pitching themselves as victims of exactly the kind of prosecutorial “weaponization” that the Trump administration has vowed to eradicate. Seriously, ...

One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among President Donald Trump’s most recent presidential commutations. The puzzling move raised questions about whether Larry Hoover will be freed ...

Fix the Court Executive Director Gabe Roth and University of Chicago Law School Robert Newman Reid Professor of Law Alison LaCroix return to discuss the significance of recent and upcoming SCOTUS ...

Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, an apparently fake clemency petition arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker.

Trump's Hoover commutation — and pardons of other Black men — aren't about social justice Larry Hoover, 74, denounced his past and has been locked up for more than 50 years. But Trump is ...

Larry Hoover remains incarcerated despite his federal sentences being commuted by Donald Trump. Here's what he did and what happens next.

Dr. Lance Williams, Professor of Urban Community Studies at Northeastern Illinois University and an expert in gang violence, joins Karen Conti to discuss President Trump’s commutation of the … ...

After receiving federal clemency from President Donald Trump, Larry Hoover's family is turning to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

Three state lawmakers stood with Hoover's family as they seek a state commutation that would release the long-imprisoned Gangster Disciples co-founder.

Chicago drug kingpin Larry Hoover’s path to a commutation ran through Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort The path went through California, Mississippi and Florida before ending Wednesday with Trump ...