John Hinckley Jr. siblings: Scott Hinckley, Diane Hinckley
John Hinckley allegedly sought celebrity in order to please actress Jodie Foster, on whom he had an obsessive crush. He was judged not guilty by reason of insanity and was institutionalized for more than three decades.
The public uproar over the judgment prompted the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984, which changed the criteria for considering defendants’ mental illnesses in Federal Criminal Court proceedings in the United States.
As of 2022, Hinckley is a free man.
John Hinckley Jr. siblings: Scott Hinckley, Diane Hinckley
Scott Hinckley and Diane Hinckley are the known siblings of the former convict.
They have not been heard much about since their brother’s disgraceful acts.
They are all believed to be alive living privately.
A federal judge concluded in 2016 that Hinckley may be discharged from psychiatric treatment because he was no longer a danger to himself or others, but with several limitations.
After 2020, a judgment was issued allowing Hinckley to publicly display his artwork, poetry, and music under his own name rather than anonymously, as he had previously done.
