Is Release Common for Attempted Presidential Assassins?

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...ad0e9e-75ca-11e6-be4f-3f42f2e5a49e_story.html

Something I never thought would ever happen to anyone who tried to kill a US president:

John W. Hinckley Jr., wearing a baseball cap and carrying a small bag, on Saturday afternoon stepped into his Williamsburg, Va., home — he can call it that now — 12,948 days after his attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan shook the country and prompted an enduring debate about crime and punishment...
 
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Does he know Jodie Foster is gay? And will that set him off again?

I wonder if he can be tried for the Brady homicide now? If he was charged with assault back in 1981, he can't, because he was found not guilty on the same set of facts, but if he wasn't, I don't see why not.
 
zoobyshoe said:
Something I never thought would ever happen to anyone who tried to kill a US president
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who tried to kill Gerald Ford in 1975, was released on parole in 2009.
 
jtbell said:
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who tried to kill Gerald Ford in 1975, was released on parole in 2009.
Wow, I guess I wasn't paying attention to the news when that happened.
 
jtbell said:
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who tried to kill Gerald Ford in 1975, was released on parole in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynette_Fromme
As disturbed as she was, I've always thought she didn't intend to kill Ford . At 27 years old she surely knew enough to put a round in the chamber.
That doesn't excuse it , nor does the fact she fell under Manson's influence at 19
One hates to see such a pretty young girl go bad.

old jim