Full Text of HR0632 93rd General Assembly
HR0632 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was | 3 |
| scheduled to speak to a labor conference at 1:45 p.m. at the | 4 |
| Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.; and
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| WHEREAS, John Hinckley, Jr. ventured to the Washington | 6 |
| Hilton Hotel on March 30, 1981 with the goal of assassinating | 7 |
| President Reagan; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, At 1:30 p.m., Hinckley stepped forward from a | 9 |
| crowd of television reporters and fired six shots from a Rohm | 10 |
| R6-14 revolver at President Reagan; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, The bullets from Hinckley's gun struck President | 12 |
| Reagan in the left chest, Press Secretary James Brady in the | 13 |
| left temple, Washington D.C. police officer Thomas Delahanty in | 14 |
| the neck, and Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy in the | 15 |
| stomach; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Hinckley was immediately arrested, and after | 17 |
| seven weeks of testimony and three days of jury deliberation, | 18 |
| he was found to have carried out his assassination attempt | 19 |
| while under psychotic delusion and pronounced not guilty by | 20 |
| reason of insanity; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Immediately after the verdict, Hinckley was | 22 |
| committed to St. Elizabeth's Mental Hospital in Washington, | 23 |
| D.C. where he underwent a psychiatric evaluation and was | 24 |
| classified as a danger to himself, Jodie Foster, and any other | 25 |
| third party whom he would consider incidental to his ultimate | 26 |
| aims; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, James "Jim" Brady was born in Centralia and is a | 28 |
| former resident of Chicago; he is a graduate of the University | 29 |
| of Illinois, where he earned a B.S. degree in communications |
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| and political science; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Jim suffered permanent brain damage from the | 3 |
| gunshot wound inflicted by Hinckley, as his memory and speech | 4 |
| are forever impaired; his left leg was left partially paralyzed | 5 |
| and his left arm remains completely paralyzed; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, On December 17, 2003, U.S. District Court Judge | 7 |
| Paul L. Friedman ruled that Hinckley no longer poses a serious | 8 |
| danger to himself or others and granted Hinckley permission to | 9 |
| begin a series of six daytime and two overnight visits with his | 10 |
| parents in the Washington, D.C. area; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Judge Friedman, who took the case following the | 12 |
| 2001 death of Judge June Green, who consistently ruled against | 13 |
| Hinckley, rejected the arguments of federal prosecutors, who | 14 |
| said that Hinckley has a history of deception and that they | 15 |
| believe he is concealing dangerous thoughts and remains a risk; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, Judge Friedman's decision not only endangers the | 18 |
| public and leaves many in outrage, but serves as an affront to | 19 |
| Hinckley's victims and their families; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| condemn Judge Paul L. Friedman for his December 17, 2003 ruling | 23 |
| allowing attempted presidential assassin, John Hinckley, Jr., | 24 |
| unsupervised daytime and overnight visits with his parents; and | 25 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 27 |
| Judge Paul L. Friedman.
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