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Manson Follower Who Tried to Kill Ford Leaving Prison

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(Newser) – Squeaky Fromme is going free. The Manson follower who attempted to assassinate President Ford in 1975 is scheduled to be released from prison on Aug. 16, ABC News reports. Fromme, real name Lynette, pointed a pistol at Ford from about 2 feet away before an agent wrestled it away. Now 60, Fromme actually finished her term for the assassination attempt last year—this additional time is for a brief escape in 1987.

Her release will come just days after the 40th anniversary of the Manson group's grisly murder of Sharon Tate and nine others. Fromme wasn't implicated in those deaths, but she said she wanted to kill Ford in part to draw attention to Manson's quest for a new trial. After her arrest, authorities found that her gun had bullets in its magazine but none in the firing chamber, so it would not have gone off had she fired it.

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Reader60610265
Aug 5, 09 7:14 PM CDT
Lucky for Pres Ford She did not nknow who to use it . Reply
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armywife
Aug 5, 09 7:22 PM CDT
i think her goal was not to assassinate ford, but to get herself arrested for an apparent assassination attempt, and then use that as a national platform to draw attention back to charles manson. Reply
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Reader60610265
Aug 5, 09 7:42 PM CDT
My post was meant partly in jest ,not that trying to assassinate anyone is funny. But your post is a better assessment of the situation. Poor old Pres Ford was not known for being graceful or lucky I only meant he was very lucky on this occasion.
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Sonny_Crockett
Aug 5, 09 7:54 PM CDT
Jesters are soooooo often misunderstood by the few, Reader.... Freedom of Speech ! JON STEWART RULZ ! Reply
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RobN
Aug 5, 09 7:57 PM CDT
Anybody who tries to assassinate a president of the United States needs to spend the rest of their life behind bars. It needs to be a Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go situation. Reply
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