Posted on 12/31/2007 2:20:38 PM PST by kingu
(12-31) 13:17 PST Dublin - --
Sara Jane Moore, the 1970s radical and FBI informant who attempted to assassinate President Ford outside a San Francisco hotel in 1975, was released from a federal prison facility in Dublin today after serving nearly 32 years in custody.
Moore, who is 77, was released sometime during the morning from the Federal Correctional Institution and it was not immediately known where she went, according to Mike Truman, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons.
On Sept. 22, 1975, Moore fired a shot at Ford from a .38-caliber handgun outside the St. Francis Hotel but her aim was deflected by Oliver Sipple, a bystander who instantly grabbed her arm. Sipple, an ex-Marine Vietnam veteran, was widely credited with saving Ford's life. He died in 1989. Moore was serving a life sentence at the Dublin prison.
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I can’t believe they didn’t tell us where the party is going to be. Ah, well. Maybe it’s a private affair.
Oliver Sipple did more than save Ford’s life, he saved America from a Nelson Rockefeller presidency.
“-——and it was not immediately known where she went”
Probably went for a nap.
God always knows just WHERE to put the Marines.
Did I mention how much I love our Marines?
Perhaps they thought that a 77 year old woman is no longer a threat.
Excuse me? 32 years is NOT “life in prison”
Has Matt Lauer booked her for her tongue bath yet?
It must be like she never went away. All of her old radical buds are now running Congress.
And Kennedy actually DID kill someone!
Either that, or into a car to head down to LA to be campaign strategist for Cindy Shehan.
Makes sense. I don’t think killers should ever be released, but she didn’t kill anyone and it’s doubtful she ever will. Save the prison space to those who really are a threat.
I just don’t understand why somebody who attempts an assassination on the POTUS should ever draw one more breath outside of prison...
Straight over to the Chronicle for a champagne reception, for starters.
Yes, that is the theory. Apparently not ...
>Perhaps they thought that a 77 year old woman is no longer a threat.
Or perhaps they thought that a life sentence doesn’t really mean life.
Perhaps its a living, breathing sentence type of thing.
do I feel stupid! was wondering why they’d imprison her in Ireland.
No doubt.
Oliver Sipple, left, an ex-marine, lunges for Sara Jane Moore, arrow, in San Francisco, September 23, 1975, just after a shot was fired in the direction of President Gerald Ford. (AP Photo/San Francisco Examiner, Gordon Stone). Sipple's past as a homosexual became part of the story of his heroism. He sued the San Francisco Chronicle for revealing his secret life, but lost because he had become a public figure and questions about his character were deemed newsworthy.
She’s 59 now, and even though she attempted to murder the President, she didn’t succeed, and we need the space anyhow.
Oliver Sipple’s life involved a lot of turmoil and ended sadly.
I hope that nutcase never gets out, but I especially don't want her released so long as Manson is alive.
It took almost two minutes for an SFGate reader to post a comment calling for GWB’s assassination (since removed).
They are slipping.
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