On March 30th 1981 at 225 p.m. President Reagan was shot. Shortly afterwards a 25-year old man, John Hinckley, was apprehended. He was born of privilege, yet had a track record of mental instability. The public outcry was for death, and the Presidential Cabinet agreed: “The government does not deal with presidential assassins” said then … Continue reading Andrea Yates, John Hinckley and the Insanity Plea: A Look Back