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In November 2003, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Starting in 2003, restrictions on Hinckley gradually lessened.

John Hinckley, Who Shot President Reagan, Wins Unconditional Release

Sep 27, 2021
A jury found John Hinckley Jr. not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982. On Monday, his lawyer said the "momentous event" of Hinckley's full release in June is appropriate and required by the law.
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The Two-Way
Police and Secret Service agents react to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981 outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC.

The Man Who Tried To Kill Reagan Walks Free — With Conditions

Sep 10, 2016
John Hinckley Jr., who injured Reagan in 1981, has left a mental hospital where he stayed for decades and arrived at his mother's house in Virginia. The judge set numerous conditions for his release.
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The Two-Way
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, 24, tells details of her arrest as she talks through a glass panel in the women's jail at Stockton, Calif. in 1972. Fromme pointed a gun at President Gerald Ford in 1975.

Failed Assassins: Would-be Presidential Shooters In History

Jul 27, 2016
John Hinckley is being released from prison 35 years after he attempted to kill Ronald Reagan. He is one of several who aimed at a president and missed.
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The Two-Way
John Hinckley Jr. is shown in an undated photo. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has granted a request for Hinckley to leave the mental hospital where he's lived for decades.

John Hinckley, Who Tried To Kill A President, Wins His Freedom

Jul 27, 2016
A federal judge in Washington will allow John Hinckley to leave a mental institution and to live full-time with his mother. Hinckley shot President Ronald Reagan and three others in 1981.
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