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Indeed, within a month of joining TIME in 1981, Andersen found himself writing about the execution of Steven Judy, who had killed a woman and her three children. Subsequent assignments included stories on John Hinckley, the would-be assassin of President Reagan, and last month's first execution by injection...
Since the criterion for selecting the Man of the Year is based on the impact an individual has on the year's news events, good or bad, I nominate John Hinckley Jr. He showed how our judicial process allows a guilty person to be found not guilty. BillKlingJr. Huntsville...
...FIND the defendant, John W. Hinckley, not guilty by reason of insanity...
When a Washington, D.C., jury decided this summer that the man who had attempted to assassinate a President could not sufficiently distinguish right from wrong to be held legally accountable for his actions, most of us were shocked. While we may have known for some months in advance that Hinckley might "get off because of insanity," those bold-face headlines heralding the verdict nevertheless knotted our sense of justice deep inside. Since then, journalists, political cartoonists, legal experts, laymen and legislators have launched a barrage of criticism against the insanity plea in criminal proceedings. Many are frustrated to the point...
...guilty by reason of insanity prior to the adoption of a guilty but-mentally-ill verdict would also be found legally insane after its adoption. The verdict, in effect, is only a sentencing recommendation to the judge, and is not designed to put more insane defendants behind bars John Hinckley, since deemed legally insane by the jury, could not have received a guilty-but-mentally-ill verdict had such a provision existed in Washington...