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Larry Hoover

Commutation

  /   2025–Present

Record at a Glance

Clemency type
Commutation
Presidential term
2025–Present
Federal district
Northern District of Illinois
Offense
Narcotics conspiracy; continuing criminal enterprise; use of persons under age 18; distribution of cocaine; use of a communication facility in committing the narcotics conspiracy; distribution of cocaine (two counts) use of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime
Sentence
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (June 18, 1998)
Current status
Status unclear from available authoritative sources; individual current-status check incomplete.

Original Case

Hoover's federal sentence included life imprisonment for narcotics-enterprise offenses. His separate Illinois murder sentence of 150–200 years survived the federal commutation.

Clemency

2025-05-28: Commutation of the entire sentence to time served, with no further fines, restitution, probation or other conditions, for the specified federal case.

Trump Connection

Ye publicly advocated for Hoover with Trump in 2018; that advocacy does not establish that the underlying convictions were reversed.

Since Clemency

  • 2025-10-22 · state clemency petition

    Hoover sought clemency for the Illinois murder sentence that remained after his federal commutation.

    Legal Status: A request for state relief, not a grant; federal clemency did not release him from the state sentence.

  • 2026-05-14 · custody and clemency proceedings

    Reporting following an April state clemency hearing described his petition as awaiting Governor Pritzker's decision.

    Legal Status: Later decision and present custody require an updated official check.

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