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- Jim

I'm not saying I agree with the decision of Hickley's shrinks. I just reported the fact.

Personally I think the guy should be confined until he is dead of old age or too crippled or demented to harm anyone.

There is a history in real life of dangerous psychotics being deemed "cured" and released, only to continue their destructive ways. I can't remember the guy's name, but 20 or so years ago there was a prisoner who became the darling of some New York writers and got an early release. He killed a waiter who reprimanded him for urinating outside the restaurant where the waiter worked.

As for women who "date" notorious criminals and people like Hinckley, well, it just goes to show men don't have a monopoly on stupidity or bad judgment.

- Jim

A person cannot be tried a second time after being found not guilty, whether by reason of insanity or lack of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

The guy was crazier than a truckload of bat guano and spent much more time in custody than most people who are convicted of attempted murder or aggravated assault. I just hope he doesn't hurt another innocent person if they let him out.

- Jim

Some of these guys do better with the structure in prison or a mental institution.

David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") has refused parole, even though he might be eligible.

- Jim

In the legal equivalent of parole hearings, psychiatrists treating John Hinckley Jr testified that Hinkcley is no longer a danger to himself or others.

Hinkley was found not guilty by reason of insanity after shooting Pres. Ronald Reagan, White House Press Secretary Jim Brady, and two others on March 30, 1981, nearly 30 years ago today.

He has been released recently to the custody of his elderly parents for up to ten days at a time.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/26/hinckley.today/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I would have said, whatever except for this:

In the court proceedings in 2009, defense and government witnesses did agree on this: Thirty years later, there is considerable evidence John Hinckley still has problems in his relationships with various women he has been dating, both inside and outside the hospital.

Dating? He has been "dating" mentallly ill women?

- Jim