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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 03:10 PM Jun 2022

Hinckley to get full freedom 41 years after shooting Reagan

Source: NBC News

Hinckley to get full freedom 41 years after shooting Reagan

By JESSICA GRESKO
June 1, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Hinckley, who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is “no longer a danger to himself or others” and will be freed from all restrictions this month, a federal judge said Wednesday, capping Hinckley’s four-decade journey through the legal and mental health systems.

U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman said in September that he would free Hinckley from all remaining restrictions on June 15 as long as Hinckley continued to do well living in the community in Virginia as he has for years. At a hearing Wednesday in Washington which Hinckley did not attend, Friedman noted Hinckley has continued to do well, and the judge made no changes to his plans for full freedom from court oversight.

“He’s been scrutinized. He’s passed every test. He’s no longer a danger to himself or others,” Friedman said at a hearing that lasted about an hour. Friedman devoted much of the hearing to talking about the “long road” of the case, which he was randomly assigned two decades ago, the third judge to be involved in the case.

He noted that Hinckley, who turned 67 on Sunday, was profoundly troubled when he shot Reagan but that he had been able to get mental health help. Hinckley has shown no signs of active mental illness since the mid-1980s, the judge noted Wednesday, and has exhibited no violent behavior or interest in weapons.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/john-hinckley-shootings-ronald-reagan-government-and-politics-010f86fce04b213a526e209eccfe6c47

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Hinckley to get full freedom 41 years after shooting Reagan (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2022 OP
IF only sooner 4Q2u2 Jun 2022 #1
You're lamenting that he failed to kill a duly-elected President? TheProle Jun 2022 #11
Guolishly 4Q2u2 Jun 2022 #14
Looks like one of the Manson girls is getting paroled. Lennon's killer can't be far behind. Runningdawg Jun 2022 #2
They've been up for parole before. The governor turned it down edbermac Jun 2022 #4
The governor will turn it down LeftInTX Jun 2022 #8
Someone tell him trump wants to date Jodie Foster. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #3
call me weird, but I don't think anybody who tried to assassinate a president ... Novara Jun 2022 #5
I agree LeftInTX Jun 2022 #9
Yes. TheProle Jun 2022 #12
I agree. crickets Jun 2022 #13
Agreed tenderfoot Jun 2022 #16
I hear Jodi Foster has a thing for Donald Trump Effete Snob Jun 2022 #6
Leave Foster out of it. n/t EndlessWire Jun 2022 #7
that's absurd iemanja Jun 2022 #10
Is this funny to you?? USALiberal Jun 2022 #15
 

4Q2u2

(1,406 posts)
1. IF only sooner
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 03:14 PM
Jun 2022

He could have joined Trump at the NRA Convention and had a few laughs at shooting at Presidents.
Who would have thought that he could have Made America Great Again in the 80's and changed our history for the better.

TheProle

(2,101 posts)
11. You're lamenting that he failed to kill a duly-elected President?
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 06:17 PM
Jun 2022
Who would have thought that he could have Made America Great Again in the 80's and changed our history for the better.


Please tell me I read this wrong.

edbermac

(15,919 posts)
4. They've been up for parole before. The governor turned it down
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 03:36 PM
Jun 2022

Van Houten has the only slim chance. Krenwinkel and Watson are in for their lives. Ditto for Chapman.

Novara

(5,754 posts)
5. call me weird, but I don't think anybody who tried to assassinate a president ...
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 03:38 PM
Jun 2022

... even fucking awful Reagan, should be set free. Ever.

TheProle

(2,101 posts)
12. Yes.
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 06:19 PM
Jun 2022
White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy, and DC police officer Thomas Delahanty were also wounded. All three survived, but Brady had brain damage and was permanently disabled. His death in 2014 was considered a homicide because it was ultimately caused by his injury.[2][6]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan

crickets

(25,896 posts)
13. I agree.
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 06:49 PM
Jun 2022

Any attempt to assassinate the president should be a "game over" crime that does not involve parole. I'm amazed Hinckley is being set free.

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