The man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan will be released from a government psychiatric hospital 35 years after he shot the former president - and Reagan Foundation officials aren't happy about the decision. A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that 61-year-old John Hinckley Jr. no longer poses a danger to himself or others. He will be freed from the St. Elizabeth's mental hospital in Washington, D.C. and sent to live with his mother in Williamsburg, Virginia, as early as Aug. 5, The Washington Post reports The judge ruled that Hinckley is ready to rejoin the community, and will do so...
- 7/27/2016
- by Char Adams and Liz McNeil
- PEOPLE.com
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