Season 2 · Episode 20
John Hinckley Jr. and the Insanity Defense
FindLaw's Don't Judge Me · FindLaw
October 21, 202131m 9s
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Show Notes
Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley, Jr. won his unconditional release in September. Now 66, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982 and spent decades at St. Elizabeth's hospital, a psychiatric facility in Washington, D.C.
This episode we talk about Hinckley's fascinating case and explain what you need to know about the controversial insanity defense.