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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, @02:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @02:12PM (#381193)

    He got 35 years because the President was one of the victims. I doubt he would have got that long if it was you that took the bullet.