Larry Hoover, founder of the Gangster Disciples in Chicago, has had his sentence commuted by President Donald Trump.
Hoover is currently serving a life sentence at a supermax prison in Colorado.
Hoover was sentenced to 200 years in prison for a 1973 murder, and he was convicted of running a criminal operation in 1998.
He then petitioned for a lower sentence after surrendering his criminal record.
Hoover was born in Jackson before moving to Chicago at the age of four. The Gangster Disciples are, incidentally, Mississippi’s most prolific and vicious gang.
According to the Gangster Disciples propaganda, they “would overturn this system without hesitation because they have absolutely nothing to lose…by the ballot or the bullet.”
Rumors suggest that they have already relocated Hoover from Colorado’s supermax jail.
According to the Chicago Tribune, legal documents state that Hoover’s term is now considered completed “with no further fines, restitution, probation, or other conditions.” The documents also direct the United States Bureau of Prisons to release him “immediately.”
However, Hoover will not be free. According to the Tribune, authorities with the Illinois Department of Corrections intend to force Hoover to complete his state sentence.
Some gang specialists are concerned about how this development may affect the streets. It has been reported that senior GDs are dissatisfied with the way younger gangsters and some hybrid gangs do business, which has resulted in bloodshed on occasion. It is unknown what Hoover’s new status means and whether it will inspire or elevate any of his organization’s divisions.
