On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:43:24 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

If Hinckley's therapists, treatment team, and a senior federal judge who
has been keeping tabs on him for decades think he is ok to be released,

Keeping tabs on someone in an institution is not the same as them
roaming free. This guy might be one Fox News (or MSNBC) show away from
taking a shot at someone else.
Then there is the punishment aspect.