Reagan's would-be assassin to be released after 35 years: court order

John Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate US president Ronald Reagan 35 years ago, is to be freed from a psychiatric hospital to live full-time with his mother, a federal judge ordered Wednesday. The court order places dozens of detailed conditions on Hinckley's "full-time convalescent leave" from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington but said they can be phased out after a year to 18 months if he continues to make progress. US District Judge Paul Friedman wrote that Hinckley, who is now 61, n