John Hinckley, the man who tried to kill Ronald Reagan, will go free without restrictions in 2022

John W. Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to kill the American president in 1981 Ronald Reagan (1981-1989), will be released without restrictions in June 2022, according to the agreement reached by his lawyers and the Prosecutor’s Office and which was accepted by a federal judge of the District of Columbia.

Judge Paul L. Friedman confirmed in a hearing that he will lift the strong restrictions imposed on Hinckley in July 2016, when he left the psychiatric hospital where he was admitted.

“If I hadn’t tried to assassinate the president, I would have released him unconditionally a long, long time ago,” Friedman claimed about Hinckley, who on March 30, 1981, when he was 25 years old, opened fire on Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, from which the then president was leaving after delivering a speech.

In July 2016, Hinckley left the asylum after it was determined that it was not “a danger to him or to others”, and since then he has lived in Williamsburg (state of Virginia), about 250 kilometers from Washington, with his mother, Jo Ann Hinckley, who died on July 30.

When he was allowed to leave the hospital, the judge ordered Hinckley to be subject to strict conditions that included traveling to Washington once a month for psychiatric treatment.

Too was prohibited from possessing weapons or drugs and establish contact with the families of their victims.

What’s more, restrictions were imposed on his mobilization and for the use of the internet, although last year he obtained a court authorization to broadcast music online in an account in his name.

According to the terms of the agreement, Hinckley, 66 years old, must pass a final observation period of nine months.

Assistant US Attorney Kacie Weston indicated that the Government accepts the agreement if Hinckley maintains, from now until June of next year, the conduct that it has had during this time.

According to the prosecutor, “at this moment the ball is in the hands” of Hinckley.

In the 1981 attack, Hinckley seriously injured Reagan, who managed to recover after being shot near the heart.

In addition, he injured Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady; Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy, who pounced on the president to act as a shield, and police officer Thomas Delahanty.

Hinckley He confessed to attempting to attack the president to attract the attention of actress Jodie Foster and was found not guilty in June 1982 due to his insanity.

Ronald Reagan passed away in 2004 at the age of 90, but his children, Ron Reagan Jr. and Patti Reagan Davis, always opposed Hinckley’s release.

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