John Hinckley Jr., Assassination Chic, and the Troubling Legacy of the Insanity Defense – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

John Hinckley Jr., Assassination Chic, and the Troubling Legacy of the Insanity Defense – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Entertainment Weekly has previewed an interview with John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton on March 31, 1981. A new generation may be unaware that, in an alleged attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster, Hinckley actually shot four people. Hinckley got within 15-20 feet of the president, a shocking failure of the Secret Service, and was able to unleash six shots. One shot hit Reagan in the lung, and the…