A US judge says he will grant “unconditional release” to John Hinckley, who wounded former President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt.
It follows Judge Paul Friedman allowing Hinckley to move out of a psychiatric hospital in 2016, where he had lived for three decades, but imposed restrictions on his travel and internet usage.
Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity at a 1982 jury trial.
But the verdict prompted Congress and some states to adopt laws limiting use of the insanity defence.
The shooting helped launch the modern gun control movement across the US.
The Judge says he planned to lift remaining restrictions. He says Hinckley’s mental health problems are “in remission” and he no longer poses a danger.
