Fromme Convicted of Fleeing Prison
BECKLEY, W. Va. — A jury Monday found would-be presidential assassin Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme guilty of escaping from federal prison after she told the panel: “You don’t have any choice.”
“I’m guilty as charged, legally, and without remorse morally, so that’s that,” Fromme, who acted as her own lawyer, said in her closing arguments.
The 39-year-old disciple of mass murderer Charles Manson is serving a life sentence for a 1975 attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford. She escaped Dec. 23 from the Federal Correctional Institution at Alderson, W. Va., and was recaptured about 2 miles from the prison on Christmas Day.
Fromme called herself as the only witness. She questioned herself on the pronunciation of her name and cautioned: “Miss Fromme, you talk too much.” At one point, she said: “Wait a minute. You’re getting ahead of yourself.”
Fromme could get up to five additional years in prison and a $250,000 fine when she is sentenced April 28.
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