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Assassination Week #3: How The Reagan Assassination Attempt Made Everything Worse

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The justice system actually worked in this one instance, pretty much exactly how you would want it to hinkley was clearly not mentally competent to understand his actions. And he was declared not guilty by reason of insanity. His father, tearful, took blame for the shooting, for cutting his son off from resources. The psychiatrist who had botched his diagnosis admitted his mistakes on the stand and expressed regret. Hinkley was sent to a psychiatric facility where he received decades of treatment.

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