U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman decided after Hinckley finished a new risk assessment test of his mental health but stated the now-65-year-old must inform his treatment team of his intentions to promote his artworks.
“If clinically indicated, they may terminate Mr. Hinckley's ability to publicly display his creative works," Friedman wrote of Hinckley's doctors, who will observe any feedback Hinckley gets for his work, in the decision.
Hinckley was arrested when he was 25 after the assassination attempt that left press secretary James Brady somewhat paralyzed and two others with injuries. Jurors found Hinckley, who was suffering from psychosis at the time, not guilty because of insanity, and sent him to a psychiatric clinic.
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All six of Hinckley’s shots missed Reagan. While one Secret Service agent forced Reagan into the limo, another put himself between the assassin and the president. Still, the last bullet ricocheted off the limousine and hit him in the left underarm and stayed in his lung.
Agents at first did not understand Reagan had been hit. After realizing he was hurt he was sent to George Washington University Hospital. He reached there less than 4 minutes after leaving the hotel.
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Hinckley spent years at the hospital before gradually being permitted to spend more time with his mother in Williamsburg, Va.; he moved in with her permanently in 2016, Yet, he still faces some limitations like being unable to own a gun or communicate with any of the families of his victims.
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Barry Levine, who represents Hinckley, said throughout a September court hearing that Hinckley should ultimately be granted unconditional release after doctors declared he had "sufficiently recovered his sanity and will not, in the reasonable future, be a danger to himself or others."
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There was a question brought up throughout a September court hearing asking if Hinckley could earn money from his art. Hinckley has told doctors over the years that he regrets not being capable of showing or selling his paintings, most of which are landscapes, according to previously filed court documents.
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“I don’t have a microphone in my hand. I don’t have the video camera. So no one can hear my music. No one can see my art," he told doctors. "I have these other aspects of my life that no one knows about. I’m an artist. I’m a musician. Nobody knows that. They just see me as the guy who tried to kill Reagan."
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