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Denial of Hinckley petition urged

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John Hinckley Jr. is flanked by federal agents as he is driven away from court April 10, 1981. The son of a former Colorado oilman, Hinckley was convicted in a 1982 trial than included evidence he shot Reagan in an effort to impress Jodie Foster, an actress he had never met. (UPI Photo Files) 
Published: June 19, 2008 at 2:08 PM

NEW YORK, June 19 (UPI) -- Would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr. should not receive more release time from a psychiatric hospital, federal prosecutors argue.

Hinckley, 53, continues to be "narcissistic" and out of touch with personal responsibility, federal prosecutors said in a motion against easing restrictions on the would-be presidential assassin.

Hinckley attempted to kill the late President Ronald Reagan outside a Washington hotel in 1981 to impress actress Jodie Foster and replicate a theme from the movie "Taxi Driver."

"A review of his medical files reveals symptoms of his narcissism -- in the form of continued inappropriate and unrealistic relationships with several women, as well as a reluctance to accept responsibility for his own behavior," the motion reads, the New York Post reported Thursday.

Administrators at St. Elizabeth's Psychiatric Hospital have asked a federal district judge to expand release privileges for Hinckley. But his actions on earlier, short-term releases led prosecutors to recommend against the move, concluding "expansion of his release conditions is improvident and endangers the community."

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