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

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 Thursday July 28 2016, @03:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @03:39AM (#381038)

    had [Hinckley] succeeded, he'd have kept this world from going down a very, very dark path

    You assume that the ruling class wouldn't have found another useful idiot.

    ...and don't you remember how things went when Bush41 (Reagan's VP) did get the top gig?

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:26AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:26AM (#381093) Journal

    I was 3 at the time, if you're referring to the 1988 election cycle, so no, not personally.

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