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Léonie Chao-Fong

Donald Trump commutes sentence of former Chicago gang leader

Larry Hoover appears for a parole hearing in 1995.
Larry Hoover appears for a parole hearing in 1995. Photograph: Tribune Content Agency LLC/Alamy

Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, a former Chicago gang leader, who had been serving multiple life sentences for more than five decades.

Hoover, 74, is the co-founder of Gangster Disciples, a gang described in court documents as “large and vicious” that sold “great quantities of cocaine, heroin, and other drugs in Chicago”.

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