A federal judge ruled in late July that the 61-year-old Hinckley is not a danger to himself or the public and can live full time at his mother's home in Williamsburg, Va.

At the time of the shooting, Hinckley was a troubled 25-year-old obsessed with actress Jodie Foster and the movie Taxi Driver. Marking 30 years since Reagan's shooting

Life after shooting a US president

Image copyright AP Image caption John Hinckley Jr was found not guilty due to his psychiatric problems (file photo from 2003)

As part of his release he will:

be banned from speaking to the press;

have to work three days a week;

be allowed to drive no more than 30 miles (48km) from his mother's home, or 50 miles if accompanied;

see a psychiatrist two times a month

The shooting, just weeks into Ronald Reagan's presidency, shocked the world. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity at a 1982 trial and was diagnosed with depression and psychosis, both of which are now in remission, according to his doctors. Hinckley, 61, will move in with his elderly mother in a gated community in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he has been making increasingly long furlough visits in recent years under the watchful eyes of the U.S. Secret Service.
The District Court for the District of Columbia releases John Hinckley Jr, U.S. President Ronald Reagan's March 1981 would-be assassin, from a psychiatric hospital after 35 years.