Jason Meisner

Jason Meisner has covered the federal courts beat since 2013, writing about political corruption, terrorism and gang racketeering. In 2018, he was part of the Tribune's award-winning team covering the historic murder trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke.

Larry Hoover, founder of the Gangster Disciples, attends an annual parole hearing on Aug. 31, 1995, at Dixon Correctional Center. (John Dziekan/Chicago Tribune)

Trump commutes federal life sentence of founding Gangster Disciples kingpin Larry Hoover

May 28, 2025 at 7:07 p.m.

The controversial move may have already sparked Hoover鈥檚 transfer out of the supermax prison compound in Florence, Colorado that he called home for the past two decades.

A view of a Members Only sign outside of Aug.a National Golf Club prior to the 2024 Masters Tournament on April 7, 2024 in Aug.a, Georgia. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Former Augusta National Golf Club worker charged in Chicago with stealing millions in Masters memorabilia

April 18, 2024 at 5:13 a.m.

An ex-employee of Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has been charged in federal court in Chicago with stealing millions of dollars in Masters Tournament memorabilia over a 13-year period...

FILE – In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. Kelly can remain behind bars awaiting multiple trials on child pornography and other charges in three states, an appeals court in New York said Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, as a lawyer for the R&B singer cited another inmate’s attack on Kelly last month as one reason he should receive bail. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

R. Kelly was on suicide watch after conviction in New York, lawyer says as trial date set in Chicago case

October 21, 2021 at 8:53 a.m.

R&B singer R. Kelly was on suicide watch following his conviction on racketeering charges in New York, his lawyer told a federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday.

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Trump commutes federal life sentence of founding Gangster Disciples kingpin Larry Hoover

Former Augusta National Golf Club worker charged in Chicago with stealing millions in Masters memorabilia

R. Kelly was on suicide watch after conviction in New York, lawyer says as trial date set in Chicago case