Restrictions on Mr. Hinckley, who lives in Virginia, will be lifted on June 15. A federal judge said he presented no danger to himself or others.
A federal judge said on Wednesday that John W. Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, would be unconditionally released on June 15, according to a lawyer for Mr. Hinckley. Mr. Hinckley has been living in Virginia under various restrictions since 2016. The judge, Paul L. Friedman of Federal District Court in Washington, had set the June 15 release date in September with several conditions, including that Mr. Hinckley, 67, remain mentally stable. At a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Friedman said Mr. Hinckley had met those conditions and reflected on the “long road” that Mr. Hinckley had faced, The Associated Press reported.
“He’s been scrutinized,” the judge said, according to The A.P. “He’s passed every test. He’s no longer a danger to himself or others.”
The District of Columbia’s Department of Behavioral Health reported this year that Mr. Hinckley’s psychiatric illness had been in remission for decades and that he did not present a danger to himself or others, federal prosecutors said last month, adding that the government had no reason to suggest Mr. Hinckley should not be granted unconditional release.
