John Hinckley Jr. Released

The shooting of President Reagan watered down or nearly destroyed the Insanity Defense in America. One interesting memory of the tragedy was that CNN was just starting out and was showing a commentator next to a row of land-line telephones with cords in them while showing a CBS News video over and over again and we turned on the radio to check for more detailed news. Hinckley was indeed a very sick man and was stalking a gay female actress who hid her sexuality at the time. How things have changed. However the outrage over such incidents involving the mentally ill generally have not and the stigma continues. I hope that kind of thing never happens again.