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Parole granted to Squeaky Fromme after serving 30+ years in prison

By Douglas A. Berman

This New York Times article provides the details on a high-profile parole granted to a notorious female offender: Lynette A. Fromme, the waifish acolyte of Charles Manson who tried to kill President Gerald R. Ford in September 1975, was released on parole from federal prison in Texas on Friday morning after spending three decades behind bars, a prison official said.  At 8 a.m., Ms. Fromme, 60, walked out of the Federal Medical Center Carswell, a prison and hospital complex in Fort Worth. Citing privacy rules, federal officials would not say where Ms. Fromme, whose nickname is Squeaky, intended to live or who had picked her up, though they said she would be closely supervised. ?She is on parole for the rest of her life,? said Tom Hutchison, the chief of staff of the United States Parole Commission...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 15, 2009 (boomark / email).