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...Because Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity, he has a right to go free as soon as his doctors and the court agree that he no longer poses a danger. But the Government, which would like him to stay locked up, last week went to court to block the Easter excursion. Each new privilege, it fears, is a step leading inexorably to Hinckley's eventual release. "He shot four individuals, and to us he is still a threat," says Secret Service Spokesman Richard Adams...
According to the hospital, Hinckley has shown significant progress since he was diagnosed as suffering from a "narcissistic personality disorder." Though he still resides in a maximum-security ward, he has gone without antipsychotic medication since October. "His psychiatrists feel he is no longer a danger to himself or others," argues Dr. Harold Thomas, a hospital spokesman. "These visits can help Mr. Hinckley's development...
...years ago, Hinckley became enamored of a one-armed fellow inmate, Leslie deVeau, who was committed in 1982 after shooting her ten-year-old daughter to death and attempting suicide. DeVeau has since become an outpatient, and works as a secretary at the hospital. Hinckley told a visiting psychiatrist he hopes one day to be released in her custody -- an ambition the Government offers as a sign that Hinckley is far from recovered...
...average stay at St. Elizabeths for criminally insane patients is five years. Doctors argue that Hinckley is no more of a risk than the hundreds of others released every day. Were it not for the fame of his victim, they insist, he would probably have already been freed. But Hinckley's case, which comes up for review every six months, will inevitably remain problematic. "There is no precedent for dealing with assassins," says Dr. Park Dietz, a forensic psychiatrist who testified at the 1982 Hinckley trial. "None have ever been released from custody alive...
Wedtech' s widening web of corruption is an urban morality tale. -- The Government tries to block an outing by John Hinckley...