John Hinckley, the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan 30 years ago, is being given additional time away from a D.C. psychiatric hospital.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman approved the extra visits by Hinckley to his mother’s house in Williamsburg, Va. In 2009, Friedman allowed Hinckley to apply for a driver’s license and increase his length of visits to his mother’s home from six nights at a time to nine.
His visits to his mother’s home are generally supervised, although he is periodically granted unaccompanied time in a prearranged location.
Hinckley, 55, has been housed at St. Elizabeths Hospital since he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1981. Hinckley said he shot Reagan and three others at The Washington Hilton in an effort to impress actress Jodie Foster.
