John Hinckley Jr.

John Hinckley Jr. has been freed from court oversight. The development Wednesday ended decades of supervision by legal and mental health professionals after Hinckley shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981. U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman had announced Hinckley’s pending released earlier this month, saying that he had shown no signs of active mental illness since the...

The man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 is saying thank you to the people who helped him win freedom from court oversight. A U.S. District Court judge had freed John Hinckley Jr. in September from all remaining restrictions but said his order wouldn’t take effect until this month. The judge held a final hearing in Hinckley’s case Wednesday...

Attorneys for the U.S. government have indicated that they will not oppose a plan to lift all remaining restrictions next month on John Hinckley Jr. He is the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. A federal judge in Washington ruled last year that Hinckley can be freed unconditionally in June if he continues to follow the...

John Hinckley Jr. soon will be released from all restrictions 40 years after attempting to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports on a story he broke Monday morning on Twitter.

John Hinckley, Jr. tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

A federal judge says the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan four decades ago can be released unconditionally from the restrictions he’s been living under next year if he remains mentally stable

A hearing is set to begin to consider whether the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan should be freed from restrictions he’s been living under