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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump commutes notorious gangster’s sentence... thanks to Kanye West

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of notorious former gang leader Larry Hoover after being lobbied for years by Kanye West.

Hoover, now 74, was the leader of the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples and was convicted in 1997 for running the criminal enterprise.

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