THE RELEASE OF JOHN W. HINCKLEY JR.
John W. Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, will be allowed to live permanently with his elderly mother in Williamsburg, Va., leaving the psychiatric hospital where he has been imprisoned for several decades, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
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Hinckley at a hearing on April 15, 1987 (Hinckley seated at defense table). A hospital request that
Hinckley be allowed an unescorted Easter visit with his family. A
psychiatrist testified that Hinckley was no longer obsessed with Jodie
Foster or saw himself as a hero for shooting president Reagan. The
hospital rapidly withdrew its request, however, after a psychiatrist
reported that Hinckley was pen pals with serial killer Ted Bundy, then
on death row. Hinckley also was reportedly romantically involved with woman
who killed her sleeping baby with a shotgun. At the Easter visit
hearing, Hinckley was represented by attorney Vincent Fuller. Federal
District Judge Barrington D. Parker presided as Hinckley’s loyal parents
looked on. Artwork by Aggie Kenny
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