When Hinckley was found not guilty of shooting and almost murdering President Ronald Reagan and three others on the grounds of insanity, the very first public reaction was that the case did not bring justice to the cause. Eventually the proposition of insanity defense became a more difficult ground to break during similar trials. One of the changes that the case brought was one that pleading not guilty because of insanity became more challenging and in order to prove the same, stricter laws had to be overcome. The other change that came into existence that if there was a possibility of remission and the accused was found to be improving, then instead of being released and sent home, he or she would have to go to prison to serve the term.