A federal judge on Wednesday granted John Hinckley, the man who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan and three others in a 1981 assassination attempt, unconditional release from the remaining restrictions he faced, U.S. media reported.
Highlights
- John Hinckley Jr.
- shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan and three others in 1981 assassination attempt.
- Judge lifts travel and internet usage restrictions against Hinckleys, who has been living on his own in Virginia.
- He was found not guilty by reason of insanity at a 1982 jury trial.
- Reagan’s daughter, Patti Davis, wrote in an opinion piece in the Washington Post that she did not believe he feels remorse for his actions.
- In 2016 he was released from a psychiatric hospital where he was treated for depression and psychosis and allowed to move into a gated community in Williamsburg to care for his elderly mother, who died in August 2021.