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A 2022 news story found here<\/a> updates the status of John Hinckley, Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and was ultimately released from a mental institution. A longer, and more detailed update appears here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 2022 news story found here updates the status of John Hinckley, Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and was ultimately released from a mental institution. 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