John Hinckley Jr. Set To Be Released

By Brian Todd and Theodore Schleifer

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A federal judge on Wednesday granted John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, "full-time convalescent leave" from St. Elizabeth's Hospital.

The order allows Hinckley, Jr. to live full-time in Williamsburg, Virginia, but still under certain restrictions.

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