went to court to make a bid for more freedom. would a judge allow a man who stopped to presidents and tried to kill one of them back into society? he should not be allowed to just roam around on his lonesome out there. he is a potentially dangerous character and he has proven that. coming up. the eye-popping gated community where he proposed to live. he played on that tee with people like president barack obama, former president clinton, and this fellow is only 50 feet away. when dateline continues.
ten-year-old daughter erin as she slept. she then shot herself. the injuries were so severe that they had to amputate her left arm. she told walsh she never understood peoples shock over her love for hinckley. when people wonder, why would i have a relationship with him? why would have why would he have a relationship with me? in the beginning, they left secret notes in the cafeteria talked at chaperones events or talked by the window. by the following year, hinckley was in love and it was something that no one ever expected, he proposed. she accepted. walsh says that they became each other s confidants. hinckley trusted her with his darkest moments. she said, he went through this terrible period of feeling enormous shame and guilt. how is it going? you feeling well today? especially when he had seen the press secretary, the one he had shot. after three years of treatment, she was released
understatement. they were furious! i think that the outcome so far was outrageous. not everyone was up in arms. surprisingly, president reagan had found peace with hinckley. my father had forgiven him long before. within a day or so he had forgiven him. more than they are so? yes. my mother would have killed him if she could have gotten her hands on. my father had forgiven him. he just said that he knew that he had to. they celebrated the verdict in the final entry of his diary. no one can believe it. it s all over. i am not responsible for shooting the president and three others. what must jody foster be thinking right now? the verdict did not mean that hinckley was off the hook. you are going to a treatment
Recently uncovered pages from John Hinckley Jr. s diary, which he began writing after he was arrested for trying to assassinate President Ronald Reagan; an.
at the time of the hinckley trial, the prosecution had the burden to prove each and every element of the including the defendant sanity. prosecution began by showing jurors footage of the shooting. they argued, hinckley was not mentally ill when he pulled the trigger. just a sad, narcissistic loner, fixated on achieving worldwide fame. psychiatrist, but dr. dietz. he told me his goal was to be on the cover of time magazine. hinckley s fixation on the film, taxi driver, prosecutors argued, it didn t mean he was insane. the movie s plot was merely inspirational. he was already interested and committing some high-profile crime. he fell upon taxi driver, and he did try to imitate aspects of it. his diary revealed, hinckley thought the trial was the