Hinckley opposes plan to curtail insanity pleas

John W. Hinckley Jr., in an unsolicited letter to Newsweek magazine, opposes a major crime-fighting goal of the Reagan administration - curbing the insanity defense.

In the letter, Hinckley also wrote that during plea bargaining with the Justice Department, he offered to plead guilty twice - but was rebuffed.

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