Lawyers representing Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover filed a motion Friday asking the judge overseeing Hoover’s request for release from a life sentence to recuse himself due to his “v ...

U.S. District Judge John Blakey, a former prosecutor, has spent a decade on the bench since his 2014 nomination by President ...

The prison door seemed to permanently slam shut behind Larry Hoover 26 years ago, and many Chicagoans began to forget about him. Those who remember still compare him to Al Capone, the leader of a ...

Larry Hoover in 2021 at the federal supermax prison in Colorado. | U.S. District Court U.S. District Court records Share The notorious co-founder of the Gangster Disciples street gang sat with his ...

Jennifer Bonjean, an attorney for Gangster Disciples co-founder Larry Hoover, speaks to reporters at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Bonjean said it was “inappropriate ...

The founder of a notorious Chicago street gang is set to make his first appearance in court in more than 20 years. Larry Hoover hopes a new judge will undo a life sentence he received in 1998.

Infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover’s first court appearance in decades may have been via video link from a prison more than a thousand miles from Chicago, but the judge’s question still ...

Infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover is set to appear in court for the first time in decades Thursday as his long-shot bid to win freedom comes to a head at Chicago’s federal courthouse.

CHICAGO — Founder of the Gangster Disciples, Larry Hoover, was in court Thursday, testifying via video feed from a supermax prison in Colorado hoping to qualify for an early release program that ...