It seems even men who try to assassinate presidents still miss their mothers.John Hinckley Jr., who stalked and shot President Ronald Reagan 30 years ago, has been granted more time away from his psychiatric hospital to visit his mother's home.
The 55-year-old, who lives at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington D.C., has been allowed to make more visits to Jo Ann Moore Hinckley in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity after shooting President Reagan in 1981 as he left a Washington D.C. hotel to impress actress Jodie Foster.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman approved the extra visits on Wednesday and will discuss the number at an October hearing, a U.S. attorney’s office spokesman said.
Hinckley, 55, who was diagnosed with major depression and psychotic and narcissistic personality disorders in 1982, last had visits approved two years ago.
Judge Friedman put restrictions on him in 2009, such as limiting the time he could spend alone to two hours a day and making him carry a GPS-enabled mobile phone.
He was also required to see a doctor locally, had his internet access restricted and was barred from seeing a former girlfriend. Read More
