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acockworkorange ,

Any armchair historians care to theorize what would happen had he succeeded?

zaph ,

He’d still be in prison.

Lost_My_Mind ,

TIL it’s possible to attempt murder on a sitting president’s life, and later live freely.

simplejack OP ,
@simplejack@lemmy.world avatar

His charges were reduced because his lawyers were able to make the case that he was schizophrenic.

Pleading insanity became much harder in the US after that Hinckley’s case. The ruling was hotly debated.

kboy101222 ,

He tried to kill the active President, not for political reasons, but to impress an actress who didn’t know he existed.

Mans bat shit. Why on earth would the diagnosis of crazy be challenged?

simplejack OP ,
@simplejack@lemmy.world avatar

I was just a kid at the time and I was more concerned with whether or not my Gizmo plushy would turn into a gremlin at night.

That said, the public was pretty pissed at this court’s ruling. Why? I was too young to really comprehend it, but it was definitely a thing that dominated the news.

athairmor ,

President was a Republican. They all felt threatened and got scared as they do. Like when that same Republican banned assault rifles after black people started carrying them openly.

Anyolduser ,

It’s technically possible to do that after committing any crime, but under super specific circumstances and it’s a far cry from a “get out of jail free” card.

If you’re legitimately, actually insane when you commit a crime you’ll get sent to a mental hospital instead of prison. The catch is that the hospital will only release you if you’re mentally healthy. That can mean that a person who uses the insanity plea may spend more time in the hospital than they would have in prison.

Aatube ,

This guy shot Reagan to make a celebrity he's been secretly stalking impressed. You think this is the same man?

Maeve , (edited )

Good. We imagine how our society would have less issues if we focused more on real rehabilitation and reintegration, and less on retribution and *heaping on more trauma.

southsamurai ,
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You know, I ain’t mad.

Dude was crazy. Did something horrible (regardless of the horrible person he directly targeted, and he did harm two other people). Was in supervision and treatment for decades.

Why the fuck should anyone care if he’s trying to do something with what’s left of his life? If he had gone to jail, I’d say he served his time, and that’s the end of it.

He Was in supervised release at first, and hasn’t caused any trouble since.

Fuck it, let the man have a life. If we can’t give someone the chance to have changed after over thirty years, we’re all fucked. I’m not the same man I was at 25. I’m not the same man I was at 40. Mind you, I didn’t try to kill a president, but I was deep enough in the PTSD cycle that I’m kind of amazed I didn’t try something that insane. Gods know that I did my own dance with self destructive shit, and that included chasing more trauma sometimes.

Give people a chance to be better.

Bacano ,

The book ‘Determined’ makes a great point on how schizophrenia victims have been mistreated throughout history.

kindenough ,

This is the emotional intelligent and insightful response to the grab your pitchforks mentality. Hats off and a respectful bow.

Maeve ,

Exactly. Thank you.

Doom ,

Also fuck it he shot Reagan, fuck that guy

Plopp ,

In the words of Brutus “Brutal” Howell:

He’s paid what he’s owed. He’s square with the house again, so keep your goddamn hands off him.

kandoh ,

I’ve been following him on Twitter for awhile.

He sells bad paintings of orange cats that I desperately want to buy.

He keeps booking musical shows and then having to cancel them once the venue discovers who he is.

After Trump was shot at he made a statement condemning political violence

Vaggumon ,
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No just a bad shot.

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