The AP (11/16, Hananel) reports, "Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree John Hinckley Jr.'s mental health has improved, but they differed Monday on whether he's well enough to safely take longer, unsupervised trips away from the psychiatric hospital he's called home since shooting President Ronald Reagan in 1981. ... U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman said he would try to issue a decision next week. Hinckley would like to spend Thanksgiving at his parents' home, but Friedman said any visit would not come that early." The AP continues, "Hinckley, 49, was acquitted in the shootings of Reagan and three others outside a Washington hotel in March 1981. Reagan was nearly killed; press secretary James Brady was permanently disabled. ... The Reagan and Brady families strongly objected to Friedman's ruling last year granting Hinckley a series of shorter unsupervised visits with his parents in the Washington area. Secret Service agents monitor Hinckley during the trips and would do the same if longer visits are allowed."
CNN.com (11/15, Bohn) reports, "Hinckley is seeking four consecutive nights of unsupervised visits every two weeks at his parents' home in Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1982, a jury found Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity of attempting to assassinate Reagan and wounding a Secret Service agent and Reagan's press secretary, James Brady, outside of a hotel in Washington. He has been institutionalized at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington ever since."
Discussion Zen 5 Speculation (EPYC Turin and Strix Point/Granite Ridge - Ryzen 9000)
