Reagan’s would-be assassin to be released after 35 years

Published July 27, 2016 2:05pm ET



President Reagan’s would-be assassin, John W. Hinckley Jr., will be released after spending more than 35 years in a government psychiatric hospital, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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