The man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 will be released unconditionally, a federal judge ruled Monday. John Hinckley Jr., 66, opened fire on Reagan in Washington outside the Hilton Hotel, wounding the president, his press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent, and a police officer. No one was killed, but Brady was left paralyzed and died in 2014. Hinckley was arrested but found not guilty due to insanity. He was placed into a psychiatric hospital in the nation’s capital. Over the years, conditions of his confinement were loosened, and U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ordered him in 2016 released from the hospital with conditions like having doctors control his medication. Friedman, a Clinton appointee, found at the time that Hinckley did not pose a threat any longer. The decision was condemned by one of Reagan’s daughters. The same judge announced Monday that all conditions of Hinckley’s release are …
Ronald Reagan Shooter John Hinckley to Receive Unconditional Release
September 27, 2021
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