Word: hinckley
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tapes, recovered from Hinckley's Washington hotel room the day he shot the President, consist largely of requests that she permit more calls. Hinckley: "Can I call tomorrow night?" Foster: "That's fine." Hinckley: "Will you be in?" Foster: "Maybe." Hinckley: "Will you talk?" Foster: "Sure." Hinckley: "Well, you just changed your mind...
...about tomorrow?" Hinckley pleaded...
...Hinckley case steps up a debate over the insanity plea...
Should John Hinckley spend the rest of his life in prison? Or was he so psychologically troubled when he shot President Reagan and three other men last March that society should not hold him accountable for his actions? That is the decision that will soon confront twelve jurors in Washington, D.C. If they accept the contention of Hinckley's lawyers that he was legally insane, the would-be assassin will be confined to a mental hospital until a judge concludes that he is no longer a threat to himself or fellow citizens. Then he may go scot free...
...courts, have adopted variants of a model developed by the American Law Institute. Commonly referred to as the Brawner rule, it acquits a defendant who lacks "substantial capacity" either to know right from wrong or to conform to the law. This is the test that will be used in Hinckley's trial...