CHICAGO – The 73-year-old co-founder of the Chicago street gang the Gangster Disciples is seeking release from prison, Chicago gangs aren’t adjusting well to the influx of migrants, and one suburb has waived parking fees at five Metra lots.
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Larry Hoover seeks release after decades in prison, cites ‘First Step Act’
Larry Hoover, the 73-year-old co-founder of the Chicago street gang the Gangster Disciples, made a rare public appearance on Thursday as he addressed a district judge via video conference.
Hoover, who has been serving a life sentence for murder since the 1970s and then another life sentence for running a criminal enterprise from prison since the 90s, is seeking a new chance at freedom through a resentencing request under the First Step Act, a 2018 law signed by then-President Donald Trump that allows certain sentencing reforms to be applied retroactively.…