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The members of the legal team representing presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. say they are owed "significant legal bills in arrears" and are asking a judge's permission to bow out of Hinckley's case.

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Virginia health facility bows out of proposed treatment plan for John Hinckley Jr. updated: Fri Aug 17 2012 18:21:00

A Virginia mental health facility has dropped out of a plan to allow presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. to participate in social group sessions, according to a government court motion issued Friday.

Reagan Foundation threatens legal action over blood vial saleupdated: Wed May 23 2012 11:36:00

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation threatened legal action over the online sale of a vial purportedly containing dried blood from the former president following a 1981 assassination attempt.

Hinckley hearing ends; judge to rule later on expanded freedomupdated: Thu Feb 09 2012 16:35:00

A lawyer for presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. made an impassioned plea to a federal judge Thursday to allow Hinckley longer visits to his elderly mother's home in Virginia.

Psychologist: Hinckley 'would not pose a significant risk' updated: Tue Feb 07 2012 22:09:00

A forensic psychologist endorsed a proposal to allow presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. more freedom away from his mental hospital, giving his opinion that Hinckley "would not pose a significant risk."

David Gergen describes Reagan attackupdated: Tue Feb 07 2012 22:09:00

David Gergen describes the White House events on the day Reagan was shot. Shooter John Hinckley Jr. is seeking freedom.

Does Reagan attacker deserve freedom?updated: Tue Jan 31 2012 21:03:00

CNN's Brian Todd reports on a set of hearings to determine if would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. gets more freedom.

Psychiatrist: Plan to give Hinckley extra freedoms 'lacks specificity'updated: Tue Jan 31 2012 21:03:00

A plan to allow presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. to spend more time away from his government mental hospital and eventually to become a permanent outpatient "lacks specificity," a psychiatrist who has closely followed Hinckley's case for over a decade said Tuesday.

Psychiatrist says Hinckley has had risky romancesupdated: Tue Jan 31 2012 08:16:00

Hearings to determine whether John Hinckley, Jr., should be granted more visits to his mother's home enter their 10th day Tuesday, a day after a psychiatrist questioned risky romantic relationships in which the presidential assailant had engaged.

Psychiatrist: Hinckley should not be allowed unsupervised time out in publicupdated: Wed Jan 25 2012 21:26:00

Hearings will continue Monday to determine whether former presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. should be allowed increased periods of visitation to his mother's home in Virginia and possible eventual release as a permanent outpatient.

Will Reagan shooter be freed?updated: Wed Jan 25 2012 05:35:00

CNN legal contributor Paul Callan on whether John Hinckley's request to live outside of a mental facility will be granted.

Psychiatrist testifies on Hinckley's personality disordersupdated: Wed Jan 25 2012 05:35:00

A psychiatrist who treated John Hinckley Jr. in the 1980s and who interviewed him in recent months described the presidential assailant Tuesday as having "a sense of entitlement" and being "absorbed with himself."

Hinckley hearing focuses on whether he has interest in books on assassination updated: Mon Jan 23 2012 19:36:00

A Secret Service agent who secretly was watching presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. in a Williamsburg, Virginia bookstore said he got "goose bumps" when he realized Hinckley briefly had looked at a shelf of history books that included some dealing with presidential assassination.

Hinckley hearing to resume in Januaryupdated: Tue Dec 13 2011 19:04:00

The question of whether presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. has progressed enough in his mental health treatment to live as an outpatient with his mother in Williamsburg, Virginia, will go unanswered until at least early next year.

Judge resists giving doctors authority to free Hinckley updated: Thu Dec 08 2011 17:45:00

A federal judge raised "serious questions" Thursday over giving doctors ultimate authority determining whether presidential assailant John Hinckley can live essentially as an outpatient, saying he wants to decide the matter himself.

Hinckley's sister testifies in support of allowing him expanded outpatient timeupdated: Wed Dec 07 2011 06:18:00

The sister of presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. testified Tuesday that she has seen no sign that her brother represents a danger to himself or others.

Hinckley hearing testimony focuses on right place for him to liveupdated: Mon Dec 05 2011 20:59:00

Testimony on day three of proceedings about the future of presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. turned to whether Williamsburg, Virginia, is the right place for him to eventually live as an outpatient.

Hinckley hearing focuses on his relationshipsupdated: Fri Dec 02 2011 09:01:00

John Hinckley Jr.'s relationships with women and his difficulties becoming part of a community away from a government mental hospital were spotlighted Thursday during a hearing to discuss whether the man who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan will eventually be allowed to live as an outpatient.

Mental hospital wants to release failed Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr.updated: Tue Oct 04 2011 11:48:00

The government mental hospital where John Hinckley Jr. has spent most of the last 30 years since he shot and tried to kill President Ronald Reagan is asking a federal court to allow Hinckley's eventual release to live with or near his aging mother in Williamsburg, Virginia.

What does 'mentally incompetent' mean?updated: Mon Jul 04 2011 06:09:00

CNN's Jim Acosta looks at the insanity defense for those accused of committing violent crimes.

Documentary portrays criminally insane -- through their own eyesupdated: Mon Jul 04 2011 06:09:00

To many Americans, putting Jared Lee Loughner in a mental hospital instead of a prison hardly sounds like justice.

Doctors: Reagan shooter is recovering, not a dangerupdated: Sat Mar 26 2011 21:55:00

After almost 30 years in a mental hospital, John W. Hinckley Jr., the college dropout who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan, is moving closer to the day his doctors may recommend he go free.

Court gives would-be assassin John Hinckley more freedomupdated: Wed Jun 17 2009 05:12:00

The man who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan is now allowed to visit his mother more, to get a driver's license and spend more time away from the mental hospital where he lives, a federal judge ruled.

Reagan assailant can visit aged parents -- for nowupdated: Mon Oct 23 2006 14:01:00

Presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr.'s unsupervised visits to his parents' home in Virginia can continue, a federal judge said Monday.

Hinckley seeks more time on the outsideupdated: Tue Aug 15 2006 15:15:00

Presidential assailant John Hinckley is asking a federal judge to allow him to continue visits to his parents' home without supervision. Hinckley was committed to a mental hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.

Judge: Hinckley can visit parents at homeupdated: Fri Dec 30 2005 20:27:00

The man who shot President Reagan in 1981 -- and who has been in a Washington mental hospital since being found not guilty by reason of insanity -- can start getting out a little more.

Hinckley denied longer parental visits updated: Wed Nov 24 2004 18:25:00

A federal judge Wednesday denied a request by John Hinckley, the man who shot President Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt, to have extended visits at his parents' Virginia home.

Judge weighs giving Hinckley more freedomupdated: Mon Nov 15 2004 17:19:00

A decision on whether the man who shot President Reagan will be allowed to leave his mental hospital on four-night unsupervised visits to his parents' home could come next week.

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