17 Dec 2003, Washington, DC, USA --- John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington in this November 19, 2003 file photo. A federal judge ruled December 17, 2003 that Hinckley, who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, can make local visits with his family from the psychiatric hospital where he has been held. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman endorsed a proposal by St. Elizabeths Hospital for six local day visits and then two local overnight visits within a 50-mile (80 km) radius of Washington, D.C. --- Image by © Brendan Smialowski/Reuters/Corbis