"in his separate trial in 1971, and also against Leslie Van Houten in her two retrials in 1977. Linda and Robert Kasabian later divorced; she eventually remarried. Kasabian was later detained for numerous traffic violations, until an automobile accident left her partially disabled. Though she had severed all of her ties with the Manson ""family"", the Secret Service kept her under surveillance for a time after former Manson associate Lynette ""Squeaky"" Fromme attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford. Kasabian was the target of scorn from the few remaining Manson ""family"" members. Over the years, Kasabian has avoided and refused most"
"safety on one of the White House's balconies. The Sacramento assassination attempt was the first assassination attempt against Ford during his presidency. On September 22, 1975, 17 days after Fromme attempted to kill Ford in Sacramento, Sara Jane Moore, a political radical attempted to kill Ford in San Francisco. This second assassination attempt also failed and, two days later, California governor Jerry Brown responded to both assassination attempts on Ford's life in California by signing into law bills imposing mandatory sentences for persons convicted of using guns in committing serious crimes and requiring purchasers of guns to wait 15 days"
"was ""committing 'crimes' against 'the people. Moore, a volunteer bookkeeper for PIN, also functioned as an FBI informant when she attempted to assassinate Ford. Moore had been evaluated by the Secret Service earlier in 1975, but agents decided that she posed no danger to the president. She had been picked up by police on an illegal handgun charge the day before the Ford incident, but was released. The police confiscated her .44 caliber revolver and 113 rounds of ammunition. Moore's assassination attempt took place in San Francisco on September 22, 1975, just 17 days after Lynette ""Squeaky"" Fromme's attempted assassination"
"Buendorf, a Secret Service agent, grabbed the gun, and Fromme was taken into custody. She was later convicted of attempted assassination of the President and was sentenced to life in prison; she was paroled on August 14, 2009, after serving 34 years. In reaction to this attempt, the Secret Service began keeping Ford at a more secure distance from anonymous crowds, a strategy that may have saved his life seventeen days later. As he left the St. Francis Hotel in downtown San Francisco, Sara Jane Moore, standing in a crowd of onlookers across the street, fired a .38-caliber revolver at"
"She was later convicted of attempted assassination of the President and was sentenced to life in prison; she was paroled on August 14, 2009. In reaction to this attempt, the Secret Service began keeping Ford at a more secure distance from anonymous crowds, a strategy that may have saved his life seventeen days later. As he left the St. Francis Hotel in downtown San Francisco, Sara Jane Moore, standing in a crowd of onlookers across the street, pointed her .38-caliber revolver at him. Moore fired a single round but missed because the sights were off. Just before she fired a"
"home that morning, and investigators found the round on her bathroom floor. Fromme refused to cooperate with her own defense during her trial, but she was finally convicted of the attempted assassination of the president and received a life sentence under a 1965 law which made attempted presidential assassinations a federal crime punishable by a maximum sentence of life in prison. Attorney Dwayne Keyes recommended severe punishment because she was ""full of hate and violence""; Fromme threw an apple at him, hitting him in the face and knocking off his glasses. She told the press that she ""came to get"
"off aid to the Angolan groups. The Angolan Civil War would continue in subsequent years, but the Soviet role in the war hindered détente. Congress's role in ending the CIA presence marked the growing power of the legislative branch in foreign affairs. Ford made seven international trips during his presidency. Ford faced two assassination attempts during his presidency. In Sacramento, California, on September 5, 1975, Lynette ""Squeaky"" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, pointed a Colt .45-caliber handgun at Ford. As Fromme pulled the trigger, Larry Buendorf, a Secret Service agent, grabbed the gun, and Fromme was taken into custody."
"by political ideology. He had considered President Nixon as an earlier target. He was convicted at trial. On August 4, 1972, Bremer was sentenced to 63 years in prison, later reduced to 53 years. Bremer served 35 years and was released on parole on November 9, 2007. CBS News correspondent David Dick won an Emmy Award for his coverage of the attempt on Wallace's life. Following the assassination attempt, Wallace was visited at the hospital by Democratic Congresswoman and presidential primary rival Shirley Chisholm, a representative from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. At the time, she was the nation's only African-American female member"
"Jane Moore. She was about 40 feet (12 m) away from President Ford when she fired a single shot at him with a revolver, narrowly missing the President. After realizing she had missed, she raised her arm again, and Sipple dived towards her; he grabbed her arm, possibly saving President Ford's life. Sipple said at the time, ""I saw [her gun] pointed out there and I grabbed for it. ... I lunged and grabbed the woman's arm and the gun went off."" The bullet ricocheted and hit John Ludwig, a 42-year-old taxi driver; he survived. The incident came just three"
"13, 2013, Hathaway began serving her sentence at the Federal Correctional Facility at Alderson, WV, otherwise known as ""Camp Cupcake"" due to the comparatively favorable conditions at the minimum security prison, which houses females found guilty of federal crimes. The ranks of former inmates of the camp range from jazz legend Billie Holiday and would-be presidential assassins Sara Jane Moore and Lynette ""Squeaky"" Fromme, to homemaking mogul Martha Stewart. On April 29, 2014, the ""Detroit News"" reported that Judge O'Meara had denied Hathaway's request for early release. Hathaway was scheduled for release on June 26, 2014. On May 22, 2014,"
"granted. She was granted parole in July 2008, but was not released because of the extra time added to her sentence for the 1987 prison escape. She was released on parole from Federal Medical Center Carswell on August 14, 2009, and moved to Marcy, New York. Fromme's story is one of nine told in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical ""Assassins"". Fromme and John Hinckley sing the duet ""Unworthy of Your Love,"" Fromme to Manson and Hinckley to Jodie Foster. George Stimson, 2018 Lynette Fromme Lynette Alice ""Squeaky"" Fromme (born October 22, 1948) is an American criminal best known as"
"[her gun] pointed out there and I grabbed for it. [...] I lunged and grabbed the woman's arm and the gun went off."" The bullet from the second shot ricocheted and hit John Ludwig, a 42-year-old taxi driver. Ludwig survived. U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti, still on the bench in 2010, spoke on the record, saying that Moore would have killed Ford had she had her own gun, and it was only ""because her gun was faulty"" that the president's life was spared. Moore pleaded guilty to attempted assassination and was sentenced to life in prison. At her sentencing hearing"
"with California governor Jerry Brown at 10:06 a.m. for 30 minutes without mentioning the assassination attempt until they were through talking business. Ford, who later indicated that he was not scared, concluded, ""I thought I'd better get on with my day's schedule"". Following the attempt, the Secret Service would not allow reporters or photographers near the president during his next trip to California. On September 20, 1975, United States federal judge Thomas J. MacBride set November 4, 1975, for the start of the trial against Fromme for attempting to assassinate a U.S. President. Three days before the trial began, President"
"presidential assassination attempts. In 1975, the limousine rushed Gerald Ford away during the assassination attempt against him from Sarah Jane Moore. In 1981, Ronald Reagan was wounded in John Hinckley, Jr.'s assassination attempt. While not directly hit by a bullet from Hinckley, Reagan was wounded by a bullet that had struck the armor plating on the side of the car, richocheting off of the vehicle. Today, the car is on display at the Henry Ford Museum alongside the Sunshine Special and SS-100-X. The last current Lincoln used as a Presidential state car is a 1989 Lincoln Town Car, replacing a"
"of the Indonesian army's weapons at the time of the invasion were provided by the U.S., according to George H. Aldrich, a former State Department deputy legal advisor. Post-invasion, Ford's military aid averaged about $30 million annually throughout the occupation of East Timor, and arms sales increased exponentially under President Carter. This policy continued until 1999. Ford was the target of two assassination attempts during his presidency. In Sacramento, California, on September 5, 1975, Lynette ""Squeaky"" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, pointed a Colt .45-caliber handgun at Ford and pulled the trigger at point-blank range. As she did, Larry"
"recruit turned up evidence that, coupled with later actions on the part of Good, resulted in Good's conviction for conspiring to send threatening communications through the United States mail and transmitting death threats by way of interstate commerce. The threats involved corporate executives and U.S. government officials vis-à-vis supposed environmental dereliction on their part. Fromme was sentenced to 15 years to life, becoming the first person sentenced under United States Code Title 18, chapter 84 (1965), which made it a Federal crime to attempt to assassinate the President of the United States. In December 1987, Fromme, serving a life sentence"
"gathered. A woman in a red dress, who later was identified as Lynette ""Squeaky"" Fromme, was seen following Ford while he was shaking hands. Upon seeing a Colt M1911 pistol, Secret Service Special Agent Larry Buendorf stepped in front of Ford. Buendorf yelled ""Gun!"", alerting the other agents who evacuated Ford. He pulled the gun away and wrestled the woman to the ground, in the process slightly injuring his thumb and hand while placing the webbing of his thumb between the gun's cocked hammer and the slide of the pistol. For his role in preventing the assassination attempt on President"
"Ford gave a videotape testimony from the White House as a defense witness in the trial of Fromme. The testimony was the first time a U.S. President testified at a criminal trial. On November 4, the prosecutors were ready to present about 1,000 items of evidence seized from Fromme's car and apartment just after the assassination attempt, including .45-caliber ammunition in the box she took from Boro and the book, ""The Modern Handgun"". During the trial, Fromme refused to cooperate with her own defense, going so far as to throw an apple at prosecuting U.S. attorney Dwayne Keyes after he"
"second round, retired Marine Oliver Sipple grabbed at the gun and deflected her shot; the bullet struck a wall about six inches above and to the right of Ford's head, then ricocheted and hit a taxi driver, who was slightly wounded. Moore was later sentenced to life in prison. She was paroled on December 31, 2007, after serving 32 years. Ford made the first major decision of his re-election campaign in mid-1975, when he selected Bo Callaway to run his campaign. The pardon of Nixon and the disastrous 1974 mid-term elections weakened Ford's standing within the party, creating an opening"
"Federal Correctional Complex in Florence, Colorado. The Bureau of Prisons projects his release date to be the year 2029. Francisco Martin Duran Francisco Martin Duran (; born September 8, 1968) is most known for his actions of October 29, 1994, when he fired 29 rounds from an SKS rifle at the White House. Duran was later convicted of attempting to assassinate United States President Bill Clinton and sentenced to 40 years in prison. On Saturday October 29, 1994, dressed in a trench coat, Duran approached the fence overlooking the north lawn of the White House and fired a 7.62×39mm SKS"
"Sandra Good became increasingly active in their efforts to raise awareness of the present system's failure to properly steward the Earth. In 1975, Lynette Fromme was found guilty of the attempted assassination of then-president Gerald Ford. While questioned in custody she was asked why she had pointed the gun; she stated, ""I stood up and waved a gun (at Ford) for a reason, I was so relieved not to have to shoot it, but, in truth, I came to get life. Not just my life but clean air, healthy water and respect for creatures and creation."" In August 2009, Fromme"
"fear into the government through killing its symbol, President Ford. Fromme said that her decision was rooted in her desire ""to get life. Not just my life but clean air, healthy water and respect for creatures and creation. On the day Fromme decided to see Ford during his September trip to Sacramento, Fromme already had a Colt .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol in her apartment. The M1911 pistol, produced 64 years earlier in 1911 by Colt Firearms, was manufactured the same year that Colt's M1911 pistol became the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces. After its manufacture in"
"him. The shot missed Ford by a few feet. Before she fired a second round, retired Marine Oliver Sipple grabbed at the gun and deflected her shot; the bullet struck a wall about six inches above and to the right of Ford's head, then ricocheted and hit a taxi driver, who was slightly wounded. Moore was later sentenced to life in prison. She was paroled on December 31, 2007, after serving 32 years. In 1975, Ford appointed John Paul Stevens as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to replace retiring Justice William O. Douglas. Stevens had"
"complete counselling. He is serving his sentence at Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong in Herlong, California. Spokane bombing attempt The Spokane bombing attempt occurred on January 17, 2011, when a radio-controlled-shaped pipe bomb was found and defused in Spokane, Washington along the route of that year's Martin Luther King Jr. memorial march. On March 9, 2011, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Kevin William Harpham, 36, of Addy, Washington. On December 20, 2011 he was sentenced to 32 years in prison for the attempted bombing. According to the FBI, the bomb was a ""viable device"" that could have sprayed marchers"
"1917 Sacramento Governor's Mansion bombing The 1917 Sacramento Governor's Mansion bombing took place in the middle of the night on December 17, 1917 when 20 sticks of dynamite exploded near the rear porch of the Governor's Mansion just blocks from the Capitol Building. Well known militant and socialist as well as suspected dynamitist, Thomas Mooney, was tried and convicted in 1916 for the Preparedness Day Bombing in San Francisco, which led to the death of ten and injury of forty more. His trial, it seemed, was nothing more than a show with coached witnesses and the air of a lynch"
"Arthur Bremer Arthur Herman Bremer (; born August 21, 1950) is an American who attempted to assassinate U.S. Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace on May 15, 1972 in Laurel, Maryland, which left Wallace permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Bremer was found guilty and sentenced to 63 years (53 years after an appeal) in a Maryland prison for the shooting of Wallace and three bystanders. After 35 years of incarceration, Bremer was released from prison on November 9, 2007. Bremer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the third of four sons to William and Sylvia Bremer. His two elder siblings were"
"two 2-liter bottles of Coke. Just prior to the execution Moore asked the warden if he could borrow the keys to the prison, promising to ""bring them right back."" The request was denied. Part of his last words were, ""Now I know how Jesus felt before he got smoked."" As Moore lay dying, he whispered: ""I want the last word I say to be Jennifer, J-e-n-n-i-f-e-r."" Jennifer is the name of Moore's daughter by his niece Cindy Moore. He had a son prior to Jennifer, and another son after Jennifer. Moore was executed by lethal injection on May 16, 1997."
"recovering in Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, he was out of Alabama for more than 20 days. The Alabama state constitution required the lieutenant governor, Jere Beasley, to serve as acting governor from June 5 until Wallace's return to Alabama on July 7. Bremer was sentenced to 53 years in prison for the shooting. He served 35 years of the sentence and was released on parole on November 9, 2007. As a result of the shooting, President Nixon dispatched Secret Service protection to Representatives Shirley Chisholm and Wilbur Mills (two candidates who had not been assigned Secret Service"
"Spokane bombing attempt The Spokane bombing attempt occurred on January 17, 2011, when a radio-controlled-shaped pipe bomb was found and defused in Spokane, Washington along the route of that year's Martin Luther King Jr. memorial march. On March 9, 2011, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Kevin William Harpham, 36, of Addy, Washington. On December 20, 2011 he was sentenced to 32 years in prison for the attempted bombing. According to the FBI, the bomb was a ""viable device"" that could have sprayed marchers with shrapnel and caused multiple casualties; it also contained rat poison to prevent bleeding wounds"
"counts. The following month she pleaded guilty. In July 2014, she was sentenced to eighteen years in prison. In 2014, an unidentified Palestinian reportedly encouraged Adam Everett Livix, who was residing in the West Bank at the time, to assassinate President Obama using a sniper rifle. Livix refused, but was later arrested for plotting to blow up Muslim holy sites to set off a religious war in the region. The 2014 White House intrusion occurred on September 19, 2014, when Omar J. Gonzalez, an Iraq War veteran, jumped over the White House's fence and entered the building's front door before"
"was released from prison on November 9, 2007, at the age of 57, having served 35 years of his original sentence. His probation ends in 2025. Conditions of his release include electronic monitoring and staying away from elected officials and candidates. He must undergo a mental health evaluation and receive treatment if the state deems it necessary, and may not leave the state without written permission from the state agency that will supervise him until the end of his probation. Arthur Bremer Arthur Herman Bremer (; born August 21, 1950) is an American who attempted to assassinate U.S. Democratic presidential"
"on each other. Moore accidentally spills her gun's bullets just as President Ford enters the stage. Not recognizing him at first, the two women allow him to help them, but upon discovering who he is, Fromme tries to shoot him, but her gun jams. Having no other resource left, Moore tries to throw her bullets at Ford, shouting ""bang"" as she does so. Samuel Byck is driving to the airport to hijack a plane, which he plans to crash into the White House. Growing completely unhinged, he records a message addressed to Richard Nixon, complaining about contemporary American life, how"
"by one of the bullets and receiving immediate surgical treatment, McKinley died 8 days later of gangrene infection. John F. Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald with a bolt-action rifle on November 22, 1963. Andrew Jackson, Harry S. Truman, and Gerald Ford (the latter twice) survived assassination attempts involving firearms unharmed. Ronald Reagan was critically wounded in the March 30, 1981 assassination attempt by John Hinckley, Jr. with a .22-caliber revolver. He remains the only U.S. President to survive being shot while in office. Former president Theodore Roosevelt was shot and wounded right before delivering a speech during his"