What should happen to John Hinckley Jr.?

Published May 13, 2015 This content is archived.

Charles Ewing, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the UB Law School and the author of “Insanity: Murder, Madness and the Law,” was interviewed by BBC News for a story about John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Regan and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and whether he should remain a patient at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, a psychiatric facility in Washington, D.C. “Ordinarily when someone gets to this point, it’s very difficult to say they’re a continued danger,” he said. “It seems like this is a political issue more than a psychological issue. Because of the nature of his offense, people don’t feel like he should ever be released.”

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32700244