So that dude who shot Reagan is out.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/27/487595220/john-hinckley-who-tried-to-kill-a-president-wins-his-freedom?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

Heh.

[Antonio the Sixth]

35 years in jail for attempted murder is not a lenient sentence.

[Gass3268]

35 years in jail for attempted murder is not a lenient sentence.

I believe he was in a mental hospital, but same concept.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

35 years in jail for attempted murder is not a lenient sentence.

James Brady's family thinks it was.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I just read about his day to day life outside of the hospital, and this was quite disturbing: his mother lives in a wealthy, gated, golf course community and saw Bill Clinton on several occasions quite literally in her own backyard on the greens.

I mean, it is quite possible that Clinton has come into contact with the guy who shot one of his predecessors.

[The Dowager Mod]

He's been getting weekend passes for years.

[RaphaelDLG]

I just sent a copy of "Catcher in the Rye" to his new address.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I just sent a copy of "Catcher in the Rye" to his new address.

Will he return it signed?

[Kingpoleon]

35 years in jail for attempted murder is not a lenient sentence.

James Brady's family thinks it was.

James Brady lived thirty three years after.

[Californiadreaming]

35 years in jail for attempted murder is not a lenient sentence.

James Brady's family thinks it was.

James Brady lived thirty three years after.

Yes, and?

[Cubby]

The Reagan-worshippers within the GOP must be livid about this! I'm surprised they aren't out in the streets with pitchforks and torches protesting.

Has Jodie Foster ever publicly commented on her connection to this incident? I know she had absolutely nothing to do with it; but since there are many rules Hinckley will have to follow, such as not talking to the media, not going on the internet, I wonder if one of the stipulations was "You are not allowed to contact Jodie Foster" lol

[RINO Tom]

The Reagan-worshippers within the GOP must be livid about this! I'm surprised they aren't out in the streets with pitchforks and torches protesting.

Has Jodie Foster ever publicly commented on her connection to this incident? I know she had absolutely nothing to do with it; but since there are many rules Hinckley will have to follow, such as not talking to the media, not going on the internet, I wonder if one of the stipulations was "You are not allowed to contact Jodie Foster" lol

Not sure I'd find any amusement if someone had tried to kill Jimmy Carter and we had just given him parole, pal.

[Cubby]

The Reagan-worshippers within the GOP must be livid about this! I'm surprised they aren't out in the streets with pitchforks and torches protesting.

Has Jodie Foster ever publicly commented on her connection to this incident? I know she had absolutely nothing to do with it; but since there are many rules Hinckley will have to follow, such as not talking to the media, not going on the internet, I wonder if one of the stipulations was "You are not allowed to contact Jodie Foster" lol

Not sure I'd find any amusement if someone had tried to kill Jimmy Carter and we had just given him parole, pal.

I'm not your pal, guy

Are you familiar with schadenfreude? Cause that's all it is.

[Mr. Reactionary]

but since there are many rules Hinckley will have to follow, such as not talking to the media, not going on the internet, I wonder if one of the stipulations was "You are not allowed to contact Jodie Foster" lol

I heard a news report on the radio say he's prohibited from contacting any member of the Reagan family or Jodie Foster.

[SWE]

The Reagan-worshippers within the GOP must be livid about this! I'm surprised they aren't out in the streets with pitchforks and torches protesting.

Has Jodie Foster ever publicly commented on her connection to this incident? I know she had absolutely nothing to do with it; but since there are many rules Hinckley will have to follow, such as not talking to the media, not going on the internet, I wonder if one of the stipulations was "You are not allowed to contact Jodie Foster" lol

Not sure I'd find any amusement if someone had tried to kill Jimmy Carter and we had just given him parole, pal.

Good thing nobody who tried to shoot Reagan was given parole then.

[Bojack Horseman]

John Hinckley was a perfect example of someone who most definitely was insane and deserved to be acquitted by reason of insanity. Now in the aftermath of Hinckley's court proceedings, Congress and several states made it next to impossible to effectively use the insanity defense, which resulted in many of the prison mental health problems we have today. People don't understand that being found not guilty by reason of insanity is not the same as being found not guilty. In every state, and at the federal level, if you're found insane, you'll spend several years in a mental hospital instead of a prison. At least there you'll be treated for the illness that caused you to commit your crime.

Another good example is Andrea Yates. She was very clearly insane and therefore not criminally responsible for her crime of drowning her five children in the bathtub, but under the laws of the state of Texas, she was considered perfectly sane. If it weren't for a so-called "expert witness" for the prosecution basing his testimony off a TV show, Yates wouldn't have received a retrial at the federal level where she was rightly found insane and sent to a Texas state mental hospital.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

35 years in jail for attempted murder is not a lenient sentence.

James Brady's family thinks it was.

James Brady lived thirty three years after.

As a physical vegetable, yes.   Thomas Delehanty was gut shot and Timothy McCarthy took a few bullets as well.  Yes, a real f[inks]ing prince this dude is.

But, as our newest fascist moderator, TG notes, he's been on weekend passses for quite a while, but this ups the ante too far for me.

[Kingpoleon]

John Hinckley was a perfect example of someone who most definitely was insane and deserved to be acquitted by reason of insanity. Now in the aftermath of Hinckley's court proceedings, Congress and several states made it next to impossible to effectively use the insanity defense, which resulted in many of the prison mental health problems we have today. People don't understand that being found not guilty by reason of insanity is not the same as being found not guilty. In every state, and at the federal level, if you're found insane, you'll spend several years in a mental hospital instead of a prison. At least there you'll be treated for the illness that caused you to commit your crime.

Another good example is Andrea Yates. She was very clearly insane and therefore not criminally responsible for her crime of drowning her five children in the bathtub, but under the laws of the state of Texas, she was considered perfectly sane. If it weren't for a so-called "expert witness" for the prosecution basing his testimony off a TV show, Yates wouldn't have received a retrial at the federal level where she was rightly found insane and sent to a Texas state mental hospital.

Hinckley never was sentenced to jail. He was in a mental hospital, IIRC.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

hopefully he can find a way to go after Trump.

Dude WTF?