‘Squeaky’ Fromme released from prison

[SlowwHand]

I have to say that I'm surprised.

Manson follower spent decades in prison for trying to shoot President Ford


Lynette Fromme in 1975. The 60-year-old was released from the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday.



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FORT WORTH, Texas - The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford was released Friday after more than three decades behind bars.

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was just 26 years old when she pointed a semiautomatic .45- caliber pistol at Ford in September 1975 in Sacramento, Calif. Secret Service agents grabbed her and Ford was unhurt.

Fromme, now 60, left the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth at about 8 a.m. ET Friday, spokeswoman Dr. Maria Douglas said in a statement.

Six other former members of Manson's communal "family" remain in prison after the Tate-La Bianca killings made the cult notorious; two others have been released.

[KrazyHorse]

From what I know she was only convicted of attempted murder, not even firing any shots (?). 30+ years seems like a reasonably long sentence compared to other such criminals. On the other hand, I think I heard that she was suspected (but never convicted) in another murder.

Either way, I don't think I'll lose much sleep over it. The jails let out people who are a hell of a lot more dangerous than her pretty regularly.