John Hinckley is a political prisoner. Or, at the very least, he is a prisoner of politics.

Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the shootings of President Ronald Reagan; Reagan's press secretary, James Brady; a police officer; and a Secret Service agent in 1981 outside the Washington Hilton.

Hinckley has been locked up at St. Elizabeths Hospital, a vast, mostly abandoned mental facility in Washington, since 1982.

Since 1985, Hinckley's doctors have bee ...

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