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Hinckley, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity, spent time in a psychiatric hospital but was released in 2016 and freed of all government oversight in 2022.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
Following a not guilty verdict by reason of insanity and a 34-year hospitalization, Hinckley left Saint Elizabeths Psychiatric Hospital in 2016 — a full-time conditional release that Reagan’s family strongly opposed.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
August 2016 Geyser enters a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease.
—Jim Riccioli, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Hinckley was eventually found not guilty by reason of mental illness and was committed to a hospital.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
Following a not guilty verdict by reason of insanity and a 34-year hospitalization, Hinckley left Saint Elizabeths Psychiatric Hospital in 2016 — a full-time conditional release that Reagan’s family strongly opposed.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
August 2016 Geyser enters a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease.
—Jim Riccioli, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Hinckley was eventually found not guilty by reason of mental illness and was committed to a hospital.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
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“By reason of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20reason%20of. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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