Overview

• On May 28, President Trump commuted Hoover’s federal life sentence for drug conspiracy and the Bureau of Prisons released him from federal custody
• Hoover remains incarcerated under a 150–200-year Illinois sentence for ordering a 1973 gang-related murder
• On May 31, Hoover’s family and allies including state Sen. Willie Preston met with Governor Pritzker’s office to press for a direct commutation of his state term
• Pritzker’s office said Hoover must petition the Illinois Prisoner Review Board for clemency and declined to comment on bypassing that process
• Advocates point to Hoover’s renunciation of gang activity, his age and his community work in prison as grounds for granting state clemency