The Nation - News from April 19, 1987
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The National Institute of Mental Health is forming a board of independent specialists to review questions raised about procedures at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington after hearings for John W. Hinckley Jr., the presidential assailant. Experts in psychiatry, the law and forensic medicine will address concerns raised by U.S. Atty. Joseph E. diGenova after the surprise disclosure in U.S. District Court that Hinckley exchanged letters last year with Theodore Bundy, a triple murderer awaiting execution in Florida. The hospital had approved Hinckley’s request for an unescorted visit with his parents but DiGenova blocked that move.
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