, capping a four-decade journey through the court system for the once mentally ill Hinckley.
He noted that Hinckley, who turned 67 on Sunday, was profoundly troubled when he shot Reagan but that he had been able to get mental health help. Hinckley has shown no signs of active mental illness since the mid-1980s, the judge noted Wednesday, and has exhibited no violent behavior or interest in weapons.Evan Vucci / AP file
Prosecutors had previously opposed ending restrictions, but they changed their position last year, saying they would agree to Hinckley’s release from conditions if he continued to show mental stability and follow restrictions. “John worked hard. He wanted to correct something that he was unable to erase, and this is the best outcome that one could imagine,” Levine said after the hearing, adding that “His regrets will always be with him with respect to the families of those he injured.”Levine said his client hopes to pursue a career in music and has “real talent.” In July, Hinckley — who plays guitar and sings and has shared his music on a YouTube channel — plans to give a concert in Brooklyn, New York.
So why is Sirhan Sirhan still in jail?
Well, now we all feel safer…
TBF to him he has mental health issues. Or hopefully, had. If he's ok now then he shouldn't be a danger. If not, well we'll see what happens. TBF this IS supposed to be the point of the prison system.
This is a mistake.
Now he can go on your performing his awful music.
Unforgivable. His aim, I mean
Shocking No...why am I not surprised!
My understanding is that he was an uncontrolled schizophrenic. Novel antipsychotics hit the market in the 1990’s. It totally changed life for schizophrenics. Let him live in today’s world controlled by todays’s antipsychotics.
Some of the comments on here are so horrible. I wish that someday, an act of violence will not be celebrated, regardless of one’s political leanings. 😟
Sensationalize it….because no one can change, right? Hinckley is no longer the one to worry about….
he shot a president, that should be automatic life no chance of sunlight ever again, this is a joke
At this point with all the mass shootings going on, we all kind of figured something would make it worse. Wait until he finds out Jodie Foster is a lesbian.
Hinckley commented, 'glad I was outta of there before they started letting the real criminals, like Peter Navarro, into my cell...' sethmeyers
he should've had better aim
Federal judge gives his final blessing to full freedom and a free ticket to Mar-a-Lago for John Hinckley, the man who shot President Reagan in 1981.
What. Could. Go. Wrong?
I’m sure James Brady’s family is thrilled.
To be fair, he should have been a better shot.
Not that he is well, but this is his only real chance.
Ronald Reagan doomed America in the '80s when he cut mental health funding. All of those people who would have been in facilities and on meds were out reproducing. Now we have rampant addiction, homelessness, and mass shootings.