A federal judge has approved the unconditional release of John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan and three others in a failed assassination attempt in 1981. According to NPR and ...

The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will be allowed to leave a Washington mental hospital and live full-time in Virginia, a judge has ruled. John Hinckley Jr. is ready to live ...

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John Hinckley Jr. following his arraignment in 1981. (Photo by Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images) Almost no one had ever heard of John Hinckley Jr. before he tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan over a ...