charlihall — That is not a similar case, as Hinckley did not actually kill anyone, so he was facing a shorter sentence. Aaron will almost certainly be facing life in prison, so it’s hard to see how getting committed to a hospital for the criminally insane can be any worse. In general over time inmates in these hospitals end up getting more “time off”, visitations both in the hospital and at home with their family, etc. then prisoners. (IIRC Hinckley himself had quite a bit of time at home with his family until they discovered that he was smuggling more Jodie Foster materials back into the hospital after these visits. . .)
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