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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: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Wednesday July 27 2016, @11:09PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday July 27 2016, @11:09PM (#380934) Journal

    I've said it before, and I will say it again:

    it'd be a shame if 35 years of free room and board had actually rehabilitated him.

    NEVER try to out-hyperbole super bob, you just can't do it!

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