- Hinckley shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981
- The would-be assassin’s lawyers convened in court Monday to argue that he should not be held to series of court-imposed restrictions put in place in 2016
- The court ruled in favor of Hinckley, calling for his ‘unconditional release’ – meaning he will eventually be a free man, if he continues to follow those rules
- ‘There is no evidence of danger whatsoever,’ says Hinckley’s attorney Barry Levine, referring to his client – who was once obsessed with actress Jodie Foster
- He will no longer be barred from contacting Reagan´s kids or other victims of the 1981 shooting and their families – and will be able to legally own a gun
- Hinckley was previously released from a 35-year stint in a Washington mental hospital in 2016, and was declared ‘mentally stable’
- His lawyers attested last month in court that the middle-aged former madman is ‘no longer a threat’
- Hinckley – who has created a YouTube channel where he posts both covers and original songs – currently lives in a gated community Williamsburg, Virginia
John Hinckley Jr, who tried to kill then-President Ronald Reagan in a bid to impress actress Jodie Foster 40 years ago, received an ‘unconditional release’ from his remaining court-monitored supervision five years after being freed from a mental hospital, a judge ruled Monday.
Attorneys for John Hinckley Jr. argued that the 66-year-old would-be assassin is ‘no longer a threat’, and that he should not be held to a series of court-imposed restrictions that were put in place after he was released from a 35-year stint in a Washington mental hospital in 2016.
Hinckley was allowed to move to a gated community in Virginia with his mother – who has since passed away – while adhering to a series of stipulations set in place by the court and being subjected to constant supervision by doctors and therapists.
However, an agreement was reached Monday in a Washington, DC, court for Hinckley’s ‘unconditional release’ – meaning all of the previous restrictions on Hinckley’s freedoms can eventually be lifted, making him, effectively, a free man.
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