Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was freed from federal prison this month. She served more than 30 years for trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975.
Let's face it - she earned kook status just by being a follower or friend of Charles Manson. But in attempting assasination of a President, she showed that she was also stupid. Regardless, I think 30 years was too much for the offense, at least compared to what she would have gotten in Canada. In our home and native land, successful killers have spent single digit stays in prison. (Not everyone, what with mandatory sentences, but 30 for an attempt would be considered cruel and inhumane punishment.)
Image from USA Today, 06 August 2009
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