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    John Hinckley Jr to be freed after 35 years

    Ronald Reagan: Former US president's would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr to be freed after 35 years

    John Hinckley Jr, who injured former US president Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt, is to be freed after 35 years to live with his mother, a federal judge has ruled.
    US District Judge Paul Friedman said Hinckley no longer posed a danger to himself or others and could be released from a government psychiatric hospital in Washington.
    Hinckley, 61, "is permitted to reside full-time in Williamsburg, Virginia, on convalescent leave, which shall begin no sooner than August 5, 2016," Judge Friedman said in a 14-page order.
    Hinckley's mother lives in Williamsburg, about 210 kilometres south of Washington.
    The order includes a requirement that Hinckley meet with his psychiatrist in Washington at least once a month and notify the Secret Service when he travels for the appointment.
    A jury found Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity for the attack on Reagan, which also badly wounded presidential press secretary James Brady.
    Brady was left wheelchair-bound and with brain damage after he was shot in the head.
    After his death in 2014 at the age of 73, an autopsy ruled Brady's his cause of death to be homicide.
    Hinckley carried out the attack in a bid to impress actress Jodie Foster, with whom he was obsessed



    Ronald Reagan: Former US president's would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr to be freed after 35 years - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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    35 years seems like just the other day.

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    I hope they give him Trumps itinerary and a picture of Jodie Foster blowing a kiss.

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    ^ good one mate..

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    Don't want to start any rumors, but hasn't Hillary been licking Jodie Foster's carpet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobR
    Don't want to start any rumors, but hasn't Hillary been licking Jodie Foster's carpet?
    I hope so.

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    I remember seeing it on the news when Reagan got shot, and felt rather upset that the nice President was nearly killed. Why would anybody want to kill such a nice man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobo746 View Post
    John Hinckley Jr is to be freed after 35 years to live with his mother
    Isn't that how all this trouble started.. these Shermans never learn

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neo View Post
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    John Hinckley Jr is to be freed after 35 years to live with his mother
    Isn't that how all this trouble started.. these Shermans never learn

    He's an acquaintance of the Bush crime family, surprised he was locked up long as he was.

    It is amazing that just 35 years ago someone was able to get that close to the President with
    a gun. No jokes involved, but wonder what has changed since then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobR
    but wonder what has changed since then.
    Umm... maybe the fact that someone got close to one and shot them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobR
    surprised he was locked up long as he was.
    Quote Originally Posted by bobo746
    not guilty by reason of insanity
    He should have pleaded guilty rather than using insaniity plea. Would have been out in less than 15 years.

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    What's. Nancy Reagan got to say about this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi
    I remember seeing it on the news when Reagan got shot, and felt rather upset that the nice President was nearly killed.
    Seeing Haig standing up in the press room of the White House saying "I'm in charge!" was great drama.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi
    What's. Nancy Reagan got to say about this.
    Not a whole lot I'd imagine.

    She has been dead for about four months now.

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    Wonder when they'll be letting Mark Chapman out then?

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    ^^^Yeah, Al Haig. What a dickhead he was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AntRobertson View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi
    What's. Nancy Reagan got to say about this.
    Not a whole lot I'd imagine.

    She has been dead for about four months now.
    Well she used to consult spiritualists and through mediums contact the other side, so those same mediums should be able to contact her.

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