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Would-Be Reagan Assassin John Hinckley to be Freed

posted by n1 on Wednesday July 27 2016, @10:19PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, is to be released from a psychiatric hospital next month after 35 years.

Mr Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting outside a hotel in Washington in March 1981.

Mr Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sent for treatment to a Washington hospital.

Source: BBC News

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

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/758283971092443136

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @10:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @10:56PM (#380930)

    Mr. Hinckley (or what's left of him after all those years of "treatment") would appear to qualify to become president, himself. The fact that he's "no longer considered a threat to himself or others" is very appealing to me. "He has already been spending 17 days a month at his mother's home in Virginia," the story says. He should have campaigned!

  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 27 2016, @11:14PM

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday July 27 2016, @11:14PM (#380939) Journal

    Maybe he is managing the man's campaign... You can do a lot on the internet from home these days.

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    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @12:20AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @12:20AM (#380953)

      Hmm, he was diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder. You may be onto something.

      • (Score: 2) by Dunbal on Thursday July 28 2016, @01:08AM

        by Dunbal (3515) on Thursday July 28 2016, @01:08AM (#380968)

        narcissistic personality disorder.

        Get him a cell phone and an instagram account he will fit right in to today's society.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @10:54AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @10:54AM (#381127)

      You can do a lot on the internet from home these days.

      ... just ask the JIDF [wikipedia.org].