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John Hinckley, Who Tried To Kill A President, Wins His Freedom
NPR ^ | 07/27/2016 | Carrie Johnson

Posted on 07/27/2016 6:40:33 AM PDT by GIdget2004

Thirty-five years after he tried to kill a president, John Hinckley has won his freedom.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has granted a request for Hinckley to leave the mental hospital where he's lived for decades, to go live full-time with his elderly mother in Williamsburg, Va.

The release could happen as early as next week, the judge ruled. Under the terms of his order, Hinckley is not allowed to contact his victims, their relatives or actress Jodie Foster, with whom he was obsessed. Hinckley also will not be permitted to "knowingly travel" to areas where the current president or members or Congress are present. The judge said Hinckley could be allowed to live on his own or in a group home after one year.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foster; hinckley; jodiefoster; reagan
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To: Guenevere

He only did that because of the race aspect of Helter Skelter. Sure he would’ve overlooked it otherwise.


101 posted on 07/27/2016 8:27:35 AM PDT by VermithraxPejorative (HILLARY NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR DEMOCRAT JUDGES SOFT ON CRIME/REPEAT OFFENDERS)
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To: Karl Spooner

Seems to me that those who let these folks back out on the street, should receive the same prison sentence they get, when they commit a future crime.


102 posted on 07/27/2016 8:33:33 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: rockinqsranch

Judge Friedman is sending Hinckley assassin after Donald Trump. That is why now. Democrats are losers.


103 posted on 07/27/2016 8:36:25 AM PDT by TheNext (Hillary Hurts Children & Women)
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To: PGR88

“Has anyone told Hinckley Jodie Foster is a lesbian?”

Perhaps little Johnny became Jane during his tenure at the mental facility?!

EODGUY


104 posted on 07/27/2016 8:50:48 AM PDT by EODGUY
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To: Biggirl

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105 posted on 07/27/2016 8:54:14 AM PDT by Alt Right (Newt 2012)
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To: GIdget2004
Under the terms of his order, Hinckley is not allowed to contact his victims, their relatives or actress Jodie Foster, with whom he was obsessed. Hinckley also will not be permitted to "knowingly travel" to areas where the current president or members or Congress are present.

I assume that Hinckley will still be allowed to watch movies, read books/magazines, and do any number of things that will rekindle his deranged fantasy life sooner or later. Schizophrenia doesn't just go away (though patients often have long remission periods where they seem more or less lucid), so the man is still a ticking time bomb.

106 posted on 07/27/2016 8:59:03 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Reno89519

If I was Jodie Foster I would be very paranoid.


107 posted on 07/27/2016 9:08:13 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: ek_hornbeck

If this guy harm anyone else, Hinckley and the Judge should be locked up.


108 posted on 07/27/2016 9:09:12 AM PDT by Rodm
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To: PGR88

“Has anyone told him Jodie Foster is a lesbian?”

No.

They told him she was dating Donald Trump.


109 posted on 07/27/2016 9:11:57 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The polls can have a strong influence on the weak-minded)
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To: GIdget2004

They only did this to give smiling faces to the crowd at the DNC Convention. Nothing more. ORRR.... get him to assassinate Trump.


110 posted on 07/27/2016 9:15:31 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: leaning conservative

I’m sure that by now Hinckley has found a new teen actress to obsess over.


111 posted on 07/27/2016 9:17:59 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: GIdget2004
Too bad he won't be released until next week.

The Dims could have put him on to speak at tonight's convention as another in a long string of "victims" of this horrible country and its law enforcement.

Leni

112 posted on 07/27/2016 9:19:05 AM PDT by MinuteGal ( GO, TRUMP, GO !!!....)
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To: magua

Exactly. And released just in time for President Trump. :(


113 posted on 07/27/2016 9:20:53 AM PDT by Bigg Red (You're on fire, stupid!)
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To: Rodm
If this guy harm anyone else, Hinckley and the Judge should be locked up.

I agree. Hinckley is schizophrenic, what's the judge's excuse?

114 posted on 07/27/2016 9:22:10 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: PGR88

LOL!


115 posted on 07/27/2016 9:25:13 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: GIdget2004

I don’t have a problem with this so long as Hinkley understands that radical jihadists are out to get Jodie Foster.


116 posted on 07/27/2016 9:33:18 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( Pokemon is a dark evil bent on consuming our souls.)
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To: VermithraxPejorative

I don’t understand why Manson thought murdering a couple of white people would start a race war?


117 posted on 07/27/2016 9:34:25 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( Pokemon is a dark evil bent on consuming our souls.)
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To: GIdget2004

Who appointed this anti-American “judge”?

Obama,muzzie plant in the White Hut, is laughing today, as another of his plans for the horrific end of his usurpation is revealed.


118 posted on 07/27/2016 9:35:14 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Trump45)
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To: PGR88
Has anyone told Hinckley Jodie Foster is a lesbian?

She's also no long a child, which was a big turn-on for him, no doubt.

119 posted on 07/27/2016 9:47:27 AM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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To: MinuteGal
"Too bad he won't be released until next week. The Dims could have put him on to speak at tonight's convention as another in a long string of "victims" of this horrible country and its law enforcement."

If hill can be on video to accept a nomination, no reason why hinck can't do the same from his jail cell. The Criminal Appreciation Convention must continue! Hill & Hinck - partners!

120 posted on 07/27/2016 10:05:30 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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