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Man Who Tried to Assassinate Reagan Rejects Flood of Requests to Kill Trump: 'I'm a Man of Peace Now'

John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate Reagan in 1981, pleaded for an end to comments urging him to take violent action against Donald Trump.

Latin Times

Insanity Defense Trends In High-Profile Murder Cases

Insanity defenses in high-profile cases like Ahmad Alissa and James Holmes face challenges in the U.S. legal system.

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Gunman in Colorado supermarket shooting is the latest to fail with insanity defense

A man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been found guilty of murder

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Trump’s second assassination attempt is shocking, but attempts on presidents’ lives are not rare in US history

Former President Donald Trump survived his second assassination attempt on Sept. 15, 2024, marking the latest chapter in a long history book. Presidential assassination attempts, whether successful or not, are fairly commonplace in American history.

The Conversation

This is how Secret Service protection has changed for presidents over the years

As the world has vastly changed, so has protection for presidents since the days when the public could come to the White House to meet Abraham Lincoln

The Independent UK

John Hinckley, who shot Ronald Reagan, condemns assassination attempt of Trump

‘Violence is not the way to go. Give peace a chance,’ Hinckley says after former president was inches away from losing his life at Pennsylvania rally

The Independent UK

Man who tried to assassinate Reagan says ‘violence is not the way to go’

John Hinckley Jr tweets ‘give peace a chance’ in wake of Trump assassination attempt – drawing bemused responses

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Ex GOP leader says US hasn’t seen an assassination attempt since the 60s (apparently forgetting the 1981 try on Reagan)

Ronald Reagan was shot in Washington, DC, in 1981

The Independent UK

Timeline: Assassination attempts against US presidents, candidates

Four US presidents and one candidate have been assassinated since the founding of the US.

Al Jazeera

From Lincoln to Trump, America’s dark history of presidential assassination attempts

Before Saturday’s attack on the former president Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting US political figures

The Independent UK

Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Ron Edmonds dies. His images of Reagan shooting are indelible

Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds has died

The Independent UK

Hinckley Jr. a victim of cancel culture

Since the end of his court supervision in 2022, Hinckley is having a hard time holding on to gigs

Salon

‘John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial’ a solid doc with little new to say

While moving at times, Apple TV+ series never backs up the conspiracy theories it hints at.

Chicago Sun-Times

The man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan has dropped a folk music album

“Redemption” is now available on vinyl.

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You Need to Watch the Most Disturbing Psychological Thriller on HBO Max ASAP

“I’m God’s lonely man.”

The Independent UK

John Lennon’s killer says there was “evil in my heart”

The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his New York City apartment building in 1980 told a parole board that he knew it was wrong to kill the beloved former Beatle, but that he was seeking fame and had “evil in my heart.”

The Independent UK

John Lennon's killer says there was "evil in my heart"

The Independent UK

John Hinckley apologises for Reagan assassination attempt and insists he’s an ‘ordinary guy’

‘It’s something I don’t want to remember’

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Hinckley says he's sorry for shooting that wounded Reagan

The man who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981 apologized for his actions in a televised interview

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John Hinckley Jr. speaks: 'I'm trying to not dwell on the past'

The man who shot Reagan is now totally free. He talks about his music career and the concept of redemption with Eve 6's Max Collins.

Chicago Sun-Times

John Hinckley NYC concert canceled; Chicago show previously scrapped

The Market Hotel in Brooklyn cited “very real and worsening threats and hate” in its announcement on social media Wednesday that it was canceling the July 8 concert.

The Independent UK

NYC guitar concert by Hinckley, who shot Reagan, is canceled

A planned New York City concert by would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. has been canceled even as Hinckley was freed from federal court oversight

The Independent UK

Attempted Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr’s sold-out Brooklyn concert cancelled

‘We’re living in very, very scary times, to be honest’, said the disappointed 67-year-old

Evening Standard

Man who shot Ronald Reagan fully freed from court oversight after 41 years

The man who shot then-US president Ronald Reagan has been released without conditions in compliance with a federal judge’s order on Wednesday.

WEKU

John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Reagan, is granted full release

Hinckley, who was confined to a mental hospital for decades, has been inching his way toward freedom for years. On Wednesday, an order lifting some remaining restrictions went into effect.

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