June 1 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday granted John Hinckley, the man who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan and three others in an assassination attempt in 1981, an unconditional release from the other restrictions he faces, US media reported. .
During a hearing in Washington, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman lifted travel and internet restrictions against Hinckley, who lives alone in Williamsburg, Virginia, Fox News reported. Friedman’s order will take effect on June 15, it said.
During a hearing in September, Friedman said he would grant Hinckley an unconditional release, but gave prosecutors more time to monitor Hinckley as he moved on to independent living after his mother’s death.
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Friedman said at the time that Hinckley’s mental health problems were “in remission” and he was no longer a danger.
In 2016, Hinckley was released from a psychiatric hospital where he was treated for depression and psychosis and was allowed to move to a gated community in Williamsburg to care for his elderly mother, who died in August 2021.
After leaving the hospital, Hinckley met the conditions set by the court and remained mentally stable and asymptomatic, according to court documents.
“Hinckley has not made verbal threats or behaved in a manner that is indicative of harm to himself, others or the property of others.
In September, Reagan’s daughter, Patti Davis, wrote in an article in the Washington Post that she opposed Hinckley’s release, saying she did not believe he had remorse.
On March 30, 1981, Hinckley shot Reagan in an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan got a punctured lung, but recovered.
Other injured include White House spokesman James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and Washington police officer Thomas Delahanti.
Hinckley was acquitted due to the madness of the 1982 trial.
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Report by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; Edited by Nick McPhee and Will Dunham
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