FILE--John Hinckley Jr., in back seat, left, is escorted from U.S. District Court in Washington in this April 13, 1987 photo. Officials at St. Elizabeths Hospital are recommending that Hinckley be released for unsupervised day-long visits with his parents, according to the Washington Post. Hospital officials say their examinations show Hinckley has ``sufficiently recovered from his mental illness'' to justify the brief releases, said the newspaper in its Tuesday edition. Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Reagan March 30, 1981. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)