The Latest Breaking News from Larry Hoover

There are dangerous criminals—and then there are the ones who make the system say, “never again.” Some prisoners are so infamous, so violent, or so calculated that society has permanently locked them away. These inmates will never qualify for parole and are often kept in maximum-security facilities or solitary confinement.…

It’s not the first time the president has sought to curry favor this way. His instincts about Black Americans are clear

The pardons were part of a wave of acts of clemency that included commuting the sentence of Larry Hoover

Larry Hoover, 74, ex-chief of Gangster Disciples in Chicago, had been serving multiple life sentences for over 50 years

Convicted of offering to bomb U.S. buildings for $2 million, ordering murder of a rival drug dealer, the 76-year-old El Rukn founder was denied release under legislation allowing judges to consider “compassionate release” for aging inmates.

Frank Smith, 50, of Naperville, got a life sentence Thursday.

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Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

A judge last year declined a request from Hoover for a lower sentence under the First Step Act. But the judge gave the Gangster Disciples founder room to try again.