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Hinckley's Insanity (1982)

Published: April 27, 2021, 11:30 a.m.

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It\\u2019s April 27th. This day in 1982, John Hinckley went on trial for the attempted assassination of President Reagan. Hinckley\\u2019s lawyers would mount a successful insanity defense, based on his fixation with actress Jodie Foster.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the way the trial played out, why Foster was forced to testify, and how this trial played into the larger conversation \\u2014 and criminalization \\u2014 of mental health conditions in the 1980s.

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Find a transcript of this episode at:\\xa0https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory

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