30年前试图行刺美国前总统里根的枪手获无条件释放
文 / 陈慧璋
9/27/2021
（早报讯）1981年试图行刺美国时任总统里根的美国男子约翰·欣克利（John Hinckley）获无条件释放。
路透社报道，美国哥伦比亚特区法院地方法官弗里德曼在周一（27日）宣布这项裁决。2016年同一名法官批准欣克利从华盛顿一家精神病院释放，但对其旅游出行和互联网的使用施加限制。现年66岁的欣克利此前一直被关在该精神病院里。
弗里德曼在周一的听证会上表示，他计划取消针对欣克利的其余限制措施。他指欣克利的精神问题已受到控制，不会再构成危险。
联邦检察官韦斯顿在法庭上说，美国司法部同意应无条件释放欣克利。但韦斯顿认为，不应在2022年6月之前正式取消对欣克利的限制措施，以便让检察官继续对欣克利进行监控，确保他在其母亲去世后能够逐步适应独居生活。
1981年3月30日，时任美国总统里根在首都哥伦比亚特区的希尔顿酒店和工会团体举行会谈。当里根步出酒店门口时，他和另外三人被欣克利用手枪击中。里根被子弹击中胸口伤及肺部，所幸及时抢救后保住一命。里根的新闻秘书布雷迪（James Brady）则因枪伤过重而瘫痪。
Judge grants unconditional release for John Hinckley Jr.
The man who shot President Ronald Reagan will be fully released in June
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News
9/27/2021
A federal judge ruled Monday that John Hinckley Jr. can be unrestrictedly released next year, more than 40 years after he shot then-President Reagan in 1981.
Hinckley was committed to St. Elizabeth’s hospital for more than 34 years before he was released under certain restrictions in 2016.
“If he hadn’t tried to kill a president he would have been released unconditionally a long time ago,” U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman said.
It was Friedman who had allowed Hinckley out five years ago, determining that Hinckley’s mental condition was “in full and sustained remission” and had been for more than 27 years. He had been diagnosed with a psychotic disorder and major depression.
Upon his restricted release from St. Elizabeth’s in 2016, Hinckley was required to live with his mother in Williamsburg, Virginia. He also was forbidden from having a firearm, contacting Reagan’s children, or contacting actress Jodie Foster. Hinckley had been obsessed with Foster, and had written in a letter that he intended to assassinate Reagan to impress her.
The government has also been monitoring his care.
Hinckley will be released unrestrictedly in June 2022. His attorney Barry Levine celebrated his client’s release, saying it was a “great day for mental health.”
