John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington on November 18, 2003.
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After 35 years in a psychiatric hospital, John Hinckley Jr.is a free man.
Hinckley, now 61, was 25 when he shot Reagan, a Secret Service agent, a District of Columbia police officer and James Brady, Reagan’s press secretary. Brady sustained brain damage in the incident and died in 2014. Brady survived but spent the next 28 years in a wheelchair. The jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity and he was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Secret Service agents and police officers swarm John Hinckley, obscured from view, after he attempted an assassination on President Ronald Reagan.
In July, a judge decided Hinkley is not a danger to himself or others and ruled that he could be released to live with his 90-year-old mother in Williamsburg, Virginia. Now people must wait and see if John Hinckley Jr truly no longer poses a threat to Jodi Foster, a President or anyone else. The man who shot Re. He will have to follow an extensive set of rules while in Williamsburg, but his long-time lawyer, Barry Levine, said Hinckley will be a “citizen about whom we can all be proud”.
Levine called that “misplaced fear”, citing a lengthy court opinion based on medical experts who testified that Hinckley was stable and had been in remission for more than 27 years.
A study executed by a team of researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge revisited the disorder to understand the clinical course and revise treatments.
He can not post any writings or memorabilia on the internet or display them in person without authorization. He was attempting to impress actor Jodie Foster, with whom he was obsessed. After one year, he may reside on his own or with roommates within 30 miles of Williamsburg.
He will be allowed to drive no more than 30 miles from his mother’s home or 50 miles if accompanied.
He must “carry a GPS-enabled cell phone whenever he is away from his mother’s residence”.
Hinckley will still have to abide by a number of restrictions and a work requirement.
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Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis also expressed her disapproval of the judge’s ruling in an emotional statement posted to her website last month. The individual sessions can be reduced to twice a month after six months.
