Court Hears Plea For Reagan Shooter to Gain Eventual Release From Mental Hospital

 On Wednesday  the mental hospital who holds John Hinckley Jr. is asking federal court to allow the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 more days outside of St. Elizabeth Hospital were he is being held.The hospital says they want to expand his days to 24 days to go outside the hospital grounds and visit his grandmother.They eventually want to release Hinckley from the facility to live with his 85year old mother. The government still thinks he is a man capable of dangerous violence and his mental condition has not improved at all. A forensic psychologist at the hospital testified that " Hinckley has recovered to the point that posses no imminent risk of danger to himself or others" Hinckley returned to court in the spring 2011 to determine his future
direction. November 30 Hinckley a hearing began in Washington to determine Hinckley's future.