From Reuters:
“Hinckley, who shot Reagan in
1981, granted full freedom”
(Hinckley on March 30, 1981, the
day of the shooting)
A federal judge on Wednesday
granted John Hinckley, the man who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan and
three others in a 1981 assassination attempt, unconditional release from the
remaining restrictions he faced, U.S. media reported. During a hearing in
Washington, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman lifted travel and internet usage
restrictions against Hinckley, who has been living on his own in Williamsburg,
Virginia, Fox News reported. Friedman's order will take effect on June 15, it
reported.
(John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. November 19, 2003.)
During a hearing in September,
Friedman said he would grant Hinckley unconditional release, but gave
prosecutors more time to monitor Hinckley as he transitioned to living on his
own following the death of his mother. Friedman at the time said Hinckley's
mental health problems were "in remission" and he no longer posed a
danger. In 2016, Hinckley was released from a psychiatric hospital where he was
treated for depression and psychosis and allowed to move into a gated community
in Williamsburg to care for his elderly mother, who died in August 2021. Since
leaving the hospital, Hinckley has been compliant with court-ordered conditions
and has remained mentally stable and asymptomatic, according to court
documents. "Hinckley has made no verbal threats, and he has exhibited no
behaviors indicative of harm to himself, others, or the property of others. He
has exhibited no disruptive or problematic behaviors," federal prosecutors
wrote to the court in support of his release. In September, Reagan's daughter,
Patti Davis, wrote in an opinion piece in the Washington Post that she opposed
Hinckley's release, saying that she did not believe he feels remorse.
On March 30, 1981, Hinckley shot
Reagan in an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan
suffered a punctured lung but recovered. Others wounded included White House
press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and
Washington police officer Thomas Delahanty. Hinckley was found not guilty by
reason of insanity at a 1982 jury trial.
^ Hinckley should not be
released. Mental Illness doesn’t just disappear no matter how many years have
passed and I believe he is still a danger to others (especially to Jodie Foster.)
Sadly, it seems that Courts and Officials tend to favor towards the Criminals
rather than towards to Victims and their Families. ^
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