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Trump commutes sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover

President Donald Trump commuted the federal prison sentence of Larry Hoover, founder of the Gangster Disciples, in a series of clemency actions on 29 May 2025. Hoover had received six life sentences in the 1990s for conspiracy, extortion, drug offences and other charges.