The Crazy Chick Stays, The Crazy Guy Is Set Free

It's been an interesting week for high-profile American criminals.

Leslie Van Houten was denied parole.

John Hinckley is being set free.

What did Leslie do? She was a screwed up teenager from a broken home who ended up fried on LSD and brainwashed by the Manson cult. She joined them on a drug-fueled ritual murder. One trial ended in a hung jury, but finally she was sentenced to seven years-to-life. It's been her life. She's in her 60's. She's been a model prisoner, a parole board set her free, but Gov. Jerry Brown denied clemency and overruled the board.

What did Hinckley do?

Horny for Jodie Foster, he thought he'd "impress" her by KILLING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

He threw the country into chaos and nearly did assassinate the most important man in the world. Reagan recovered, but a top aide, Jim Brady, was shot in the head. He was crippled for life, reduced to a tearful shell of his former self, mildly comforted that "The Brady Bill" and other measures for gun control were being pushed in his name. Right, notice how easy it is to get an ASSAULT RIFLE in America.

Hinckley, unlike Van Houten, was sent to a mental hospital.

While Reagan, Brady and even Jodie Foster were never the same, the gunman was pampered, given privileges, and eventually allowed to go home to mommy on weekends. And now, this man is being set free.

A judge is convinced Hinckley is not a threat; he won't go bonkers. He's cured.

A governor isn't convinced about Van Houten despite over 40 years of a perfect record in jail.