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
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Beryllium Sphere (r) on Thursday July 28 2016, @06:52AM
Capital punishment for going crazy?
Here's how one lawyer looks at it: https://popehat.com/2016/07/27/john-hinkley-jr-and-the-rule-of-law/ [popehat.com]