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  Encyclopedia: John Hinckley
John Hinckley was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and grew up in Texas and Colorado.
Hinckley is one of the assassins portrayed in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins, in which he sings a folk ballad professing his love to Foster.
In the United States prior to Hinckley, the insanity defense was used in less than 2% of capital cases and was unsuccessful in almost 80% of the trials.
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 John Hinckley, Jr. -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At the trial in 1982, charged with thirteen offenses, Hinckley was found (Click link for more info and facts about not guilty by reason of insanity) not guilty by reason of insanity on June 21.
His father John Warnock Hinckley was a top (at the legal limit) contributor to the campaigns of the vice president, (Click link for more info and facts about George H. Bush) George H. Bush.
A few hours before the assassination attempt, Scott Hinckley (brother of the would-be assassin) had been warned by the (The federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977) Department of Energy of an impending fine against his family's oil company, Vanderbilt Energy, for pricing irregularities.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_hinckley,_jr.htm   (796 words)

  
 John_Hinckley_Jr.
Hinckley is one of the assassins portrayed in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins, in which he sings a folk ballad, "Unworthy of Your Love", professing his love to Foster.
In the United States prior to the Hinckley case, the insanity defense was used in less than 2% of capital cases and was unsuccessful in almost 80% of the trials.
Hinckley's father, John Warnock Hinckley Sr., was a top (at the legal limit) contributor to the campaigns of the vice president, George H. Bush.
www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=John_Hinckley_Jr.   (879 words)

  
 Hinckley - Bush Family Friend - Nears Release
Scott Hinckley, John's brother, was scheduled to have dinner at the Denver home of Neil Bush, Bush, Sr.'s, son (and of course the current president's brother) the day after the shooting.
On the day of the shooting, NBC news anchor John Chancellor, eyebrows raised, informed the viewers of the nightly news that the man who tried to kill the president was acquainted with the son of the man who would have become president had the attack succeeded.
John Hinckley and his wife stayed at their next-door neighbor's house all day Tuesday as 70 reporters assembled on the front lawn and gawkers drove slowly past.
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 CNN - Would-be Reagan assassin cleared for daytrips - July 26, 1999
Hinckley's attorney responded, arguing that his client's mental condition was much improved but the government was determined to keep him from returning to society.
In 1982, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting of Reagan, Press Secretary James Brady and two law enforcement officers.
Hinckley said the shooting was an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster.
www.cnn.com /US/9907/26/hinckley.reagan   (499 words)

  
 John F. Hinckley, Jr. Biography
JOHN W. John Warnock Hinckley, Jr., was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, on May 29, 1955.
His father, John W. Hinckley, Sr., was a successful and wealthy Chairman and President of the Vanderbilt Energy Corporation while JoAnn Moore Hinckley, John’s mother, was a homemaker who doted on her children, especially John, whom she felt was more introverted than his older siblings.
John’s older sister, Diane, was popular and outgoing, a straight "A" student in high school and a graduate of SMU in Dallas.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/HBIO.HTM   (1005 words)

  
 CNN Transcript - TalkBack Live: Should John Hinckley Be Allowed to Go on Unsupervised Trips? - April 11, 2000
I think the problem with John Hinckley is that we may not ever know whether or not he is cured sufficiently to risk the safety of the community in which he would be released.
Hinckley gets the kind of attention he does because the question of whether or not he should be allowed into the community is a very serious public policy question that involves not just psychiatry, but public safety, and that's as it should be.
Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity, so if he is released, say ultimately released and let go, he must, by law, be released into society, because he can't be sent to prison, because was found not guilty.
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 John Hinckley
John Warnock Hinckley, Jr., was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, on May 29, 1955.
The next day, Monday March 30th, John wrote a letter to Jodie Foster describing his plan to assassinate President Reagan, to impress her with his "historical deed," left his hotel room and took a cab to the Washington Hilton where Reagan was to speak to a labor convention at 1:45 p.m.
The bullets from Hinckley’s gun struck Ronald Reagan in the chest, Press Secretary James Brady in the left temple, Officer Thomas Delahanty in the neck, and Security Agent Timothy J. McCarthy in the stomach.
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 JURIST - The Trial of John Hinckley
The Hinckley trial, perhaps better than any other famous trial, reveals the difficulty of ascertaining what exactly is going on in the head of another human being--and then in using that imperfect knowledge to answer a legal question that reduces complex and changing mental states to two oversimplified categories.
In it, Hinckley wrote of "a relationship I had dreamed about" that "went absolutely nowhere" and a mind that was "on the breaking point." Hopper, relying on his face-to-face judgment of Hinckley, had failed to appreciate the seriousness of the warnings contained in the autobiography.
Hinckley's shooting of the President, according to Bear, was "the very opposite of logic." Finally, Bear suggested that a CAT-scan of Hinckley showing widened sulci in his brain was "powerful" evidence of his schizophrenia: about one-third of schizophrenics have widened sulci, but only about 2% of the normal population.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /trials28.htm   (4588 words)

  
 Bush Son Had Dinner Plans With Hinckley Brother Before Shooting [VOXFUX ARCHIVE]
Hinckley Jr., who allegedly shot Reagan, was to have dined tonight in Denver at the home of Neil Bush, one of the vice president's sons.
Scott Hinckley, vice president of Vanderbuilt Energy Co., the independent oil and gas exploration firm founded by his father in Texas and moved to Denver in 1974, was secluded with his parents at the home of a neighbor and not available for comment on his acquaintance with Bush.
Hinckley, who was committed indefinitely to St. Elizabeths after he was acquitted of Reagan's shooting on grounds of insanity, was prevented from leaving the hospital to visit his parents last year when hospital officials found photos of Foster in his room.
www.voxfux.com /features/hinckley_bush_connection.html   (6783 words)

  
 The Trial of John Hinckley
The verdict of "not guilty" for reason of insanity in the 1982 trial of John Hinckley, Jr.
Public pressure resulting from the Hinckley verdict spurred Congress and most states into enacting major reforms of laws governing the use of the insanity defense.
The Hinckley trial highlights the difficulty of a system that forces jurors to label a defendant either "sane" or "insane" when the defendant may in fact be close to the middle on a spectrum ranging from Star Trek's Mr.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/hinckleytrial.html   (200 words)

  
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In 1982, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the shootingof Reagan, Press Secretary James Brady and two law enforcement officers.
John Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in an attempt towin the love of actress Jodie Foster, he was found not guilty by reason of...
John Hinckley Jr., escaped conviction for his attempted assassination of President Reagan with psychiatric assistance.
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 John Hinckley
John Hinckley arrested in Nashville TN for attempting to bring three handguns onto an airliner.
John W. Hinckley attempts suicide with a Tylenol overdose, fails.
Hinckley's rights to unsupervised furloughs are revoked when guards find a book about Jodie Foster in his room.
www.rotten.com /library/bio/crime/assassins/john-hinckley   (289 words)

  
 WTVY | John Hinckley
John Hinckley shot Reagan in 1981 and has been living at a Washington psychiatric hospital since he was found criminally insane for the attack.
But his lawyers are asking a judge to let Hinckley travel about three hours south to visit his parents in their home in Williamsburg, Virginia.
His attorneys say Hinckley ultimately wants to move out of the hospital and live with his parents full time, and this would be part of a transition.
www.wtvynews4.com /home/headlines/1117686.html   (149 words)

  
 The American Experience | Reagan | People & Events | John Hinckley Jr.
Consciously or not, Hinckley began to emulate Bickle, accumulating an arsenal of weapons and fixating on Jodie Foster.
Hinckley was already taking prescribed antidepressants, and Hopper didn't detect mental illness; instead, he attributed Hinckley's problems to "emotional immaturity," recommending the Hinckleys cut off their son financially, which they did.
Hinckley's trial in 1982 ended in a not-guilty verdict, by reason of insanity.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/reagan/peopleevents/pande02.html   (726 words)

  
 OPi8.com : NEW DARK CULTURE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hinckley was eventually consigned to a mental hospital, diagnosed with psychosis, major depression and narcissistic personality disorder.
John Hinckley was recently recommended for unsupervised day-releases from his mental hospital.
John Hinckley, Sr., father of the assassin, is evidently the owner of Vanderbilt Oil and, it's said, was for years a neighbor of George Bush, and a regular financial contributor to his campaigns.
www.opi8.com /word/ellis/badworld_007.html   (227 words)

  
 CNN - Man who shot Reagan wins mental hospital release - January 15, 1999
Hinckley was 25 when he opened fire outside a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981.
The hospital planned to transport Hinckley in a hospital van, in the custody of two hospital employees, and Hinckley would remain within eyesight of his escorts at all times.
Hinckley was obsessed with actress Jodie Foster at the time of the assassination attempt.
cnn.com /US/9901/15/hinckley.leave   (689 words)

  
 John Hinckley - Reagan Shooter with Bush Connections - In Release : Houston Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John Hinckley, the man who shot Reagan, is about to be partially released.
John Hinckley, who shot Ronald Reagan, nearly fatally, in 1978, is ready to be released, government psychiatrists testified today.
Hinckley's family and the family of President George W. Bush have long, close ties that have been little reported.
houston.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=19417   (1703 words)

  
 The Flat Hat
The paper's publisher, W.C. O'Donovan, weighs in against allowing Hinckley to visit, arguing that his parents "hired the best psychiatrists to get him off by reason of insanity and have lobbied for his release ever since." Letters to the editor on the topic disagree.
Bringing Hinckley back to Williamsburg, he argues, would be highly detrimental to the community.
Hinckley, however, thought that shooting the president would impress Jodie Foster enough to fall in love with him.
flathat.wm.edu /story.php?issue=2004-11-12&type=2&aid=3   (618 words)

  
 Report code: hinckley_john_s from NewsInContext with Automatic Issue Linking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Presidential assailant John W. Hinckley Jr., who is petitioning the court for more freedom, is lonely and longing for a close relationship like the one he had for many years with a former psychiatric patient, a psychologist testified yesterday.
WASHINGTON -- John Hinckley's relationships with women are normal, two of his therapists testified Tuesday, disagreeing with suggestions by government attorneys that the presidential assailant is not yet ready for lengthy visits to his parents' home in Virginia.
WASHINGTON -- Presidential assailant John Hinckley will be allowed periodic overnight visits with his parents in the Washington area until a court decides whether to grant his request for longer out-of-town trips, a federal judge ruled Monday.
www.newsincontext.com /demo/VDo.po/pdox/pages/reports/hinckley_john_s.html   (424 words)

  
 Doctor: John Hinckley Poses No Dangers (phillyBurbs.com) | National
They require Hinckley's parents to stay with their son at all times, call the hospital periodically to check in with doctors and make sure he takes his medication and stays away from weapons.
Hinckley and his parents also are prohibited from contacting or speaking to the media, and his parents must return him to the hospital immediately if there are behavior problems.
Hinckley, 48, has been a patient at St. Elizabeths since he was acquitted by reason of insanity in the shootings of Reagan, Brady and two law enforcement officers outside a Washington hotel in March 1981.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/1-11262003-203003.html   (616 words)

  
 Was John Hinckley crazy when he shot the president?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The area of insanity we are examining in the case of John Hinckley, Jr.
As Hinckley was at the time of his assassination attempt, it was a sexuality he could not express.
In Hinckley’s chart, his schizoid force is stronger than it might be because he is confused about his role and has little practice successfully implementing it.
www.angelfire.com /sd/binah/hinckley.html   (3922 words)

  
 DC Indymedia: JOHN HINCKLEY, REAGAN SHOOTER/BUSH FRIEND, GETS RELEASE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Washington, Dec. 17, 2003 - In 1981, as Scott Hinckley prepared to have dinner at Neil Bush's (brother of the current president), Hinckley's brother, John Hinckley, prepared to shoot President Reagan, which could have made Bush's father president.
Hinckley's father claimed to support Reagan the year before the shooting (1980 election), but his campaign contributions instead went to none other than George Bush for the Republican primary.
Hinckley, 48, has lived at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington since he was acquitted in 1982 by reason of insanity in the shootings of Reagan, presidential press secretary James Brady and two law enforcement officers.
dc.indymedia.org /newswire/display/86982/index.php   (620 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Loner who shot Reagan 'ready to be released'
John Hinckley, 48, has been confined to secure wards in St Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington for more than 20 years after being found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity, but could soon be released without supervision.
In court documents, Hinckley's lawyer, Barry Levine, stated: "It is undisputed that Mr Hinckley's psychosis and depression have been in full remission and that he has shown no symptoms thereof for over a decade.
Several of Hinckley's day trips around Washington have been with Leslie deVeau, a former patient at St Elizabeth's who was found not guilty by reason of insanity of the murder of her 10-year-old daughter, Erin, in 1982.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/08/27/whink27.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/08/27/ixworld.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=137120   (477 words)

  
 President Ronald Reagan Assassination Attempt - John Hinckley FBI Files
John Warnock Hinckley Jr was born on May 29, 1955.
During a campaign stop in Nashville Tennessee, Hinckley was arrested for possessing a handgun at the Nashville Airport.
Hinckley, standing among a crowd of onlookers outside the hotel, fired six shoots, exploding Devastator bullets, at President Reagan as he left the hotel surrounded by staff, Secret Service agents, and police officers.
www.paperlessarchives.com /reagan_assassination_attempt.html   (548 words)

  
 John Hinckley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hinckley has been a psychiatric patient at Saint Elizabeths Hospital since 1981 after he shot President Reagan and three others in Washington.
Hinckley's attorneys say he's better and want a federal judge to allow him to spend four days at a time with his parents at their Williamsburg -- twice a month, including the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
Therapists who've been treating Hinckley say such visits are important to his recovery.
www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2004/112004/11152004/1100523155/printer_friendly   (112 words)

  
 John Hinckley Foster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John Hinckley Foster was born, as far as these things can be assessed, in 1967, in Wilkes-Barre, Penn..
Foster was constantly tormented by the idea that his two names, his existence, had somehow contributed to John Hinckley's dangerous fascination with actress Jodie Foster.
The exact location of his grave is unknown, but an unmarked gravestone in Bangor has become a popular destination for many latter-day followers of Lovedeath's music, similar to the way Jim Morrison's grave in France is treated.
www.echonyc.com /~mono/bio_foster.html   (309 words)

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