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Common sense indicates that a defense based on a plea of insanity should not allow a defendant to be set free after he is "cured" [Oct. 12]. He should serve at least the minimum sentence. Insanity, if proved, should be viewed as a mitigating factor, not as a grant of immunity...
...added that he has considered plea bargaining in an effort to insure that he will only be given a $ 100 fine, but said he will probably go to Albany and fight the charges...
...Reagan's vision of a regenerated America could be painted, there is no question about which artist would best execute the commission: the late Norman Rockwell. The President's dreams for the future seem almost wholly derived from a sweeter, simpler, stout-hearted past. During his televised plea for a second wave of budget cuts last month, he seemed eager to finish with the drab statistics and demands for sacrifice, and get to the part where his idealism could shine...
There is evidence, besides those missives to the White House, that Reagan's plea for voluntarism struck a national chord. John H. Filer, chairman of the National Alliance of Business, notes that 100 corporations immediately joined the N.A.B.'s first major fund-raising drive to explore ways of reducing chronic unemployment, and that top executives of 65 life insurance firms gathered two weeks ago to discuss possible corporate solutions to social problems. In Denver, six coalitions of volunteers have quietly formed to seek ways of helping people hurt by the budget cuts...
Despite such attitudes, observers believe that Hinckley Defense Attorney Vincent Fuller will parade his client's life and idiosyncracies before the jury in hopes of winning a shorter sentence, even if his insanity plea is rejected. Some feel, however, that Hinckley's wealthy background will count against him. Jurors, insists Washington Defense Attorney Lawrence Schwartz, will ask: "With all this opportunity, what right does he have to do this? " -By Bennett H. Beach. Reported by Evan Thomas/Washington