"Moore seemed an unlikely candidate to gain national notoriety as a violent political radical who nearly killed a president. When she shot at Ford in San Francisco, she was a middle-aged woman who had begun dabbling in leftist groups and sometimes served as an FBI informant. Sara Jane Moore looks out the window of a U.S. marshal's car in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 1975. Moore is the woman who fired a gun at President Gerald Ford in 1975."
"Sentenced to life, Moore was serving her time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, when she was unexpectedly paroled Dec. 31, 2007. Federal officials gave no details on why she was set free. She lived largely anonymously in an undisclosed location after that, but in broadcast interviews she expressed regret for what she had done. She said she had been caught up in the radical political movements that were common in California in the mid-1970s."
Sara Jane Moore died at 95 in a Franklin, Tennessee nursing home, according to Demetria Kalodimos, who was informed by the executor of Moore's estate. Moore attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in San Francisco in 1975, was convicted and sentenced to life, and served more than 30 years in prison. She had been involved in leftist groups and sometimes served as an FBI informant before the shooting. She was unexpectedly paroled Dec. 31, 2007, and thereafter lived largely anonymously. In broadcast interviews she expressed regret and said she had been caught up in radical political movements of mid-1970s California. She was often confused with Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme.
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