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Squeaky Fromme released

After spending more than 30 years in prison for an assassination attempt on former President Gerald Ford, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was released today.
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After spending more than 30 years in prison for an assassination attempt on former President Gerald Ford, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was released today.

Now 60 years old, the Manson family member was arrested in 1975 after pointing a semiautomatic pistol at President Ford in Sacramento, California.

Fromme declined to seek release when she fist became eligible for parole in 1985.

She was released from the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas at 8 a.m. this morning.

Fromme's travel arrangement will not be made public.

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