# Should Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme be freed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 6, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lynette-squeaky-fromme-be-freed/505502 "2009-08-06T03:27:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lynette-squeaky-fromme-be-freed/505502/41 "2009-08-08T02:39:12Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Trying to assassinate the President is definately Treason. Actually, [it’s not](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Three_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_3:_Treason). > [@](#): > > _From the Constitution of the United States:_ > Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lynette-squeaky-fromme-be-freed/505502/42 "2009-08-08T15:30:23Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I didn’t realize that Sara Jane Moore, the other failed assassin, was also a Manson chick But Sara Jane Moore _wasn’t_ one of Charlie’s girls. Where on Earth did you get that idea from? They were running on two different, basically incompatible brands of high-octane crazy. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lynette-squeaky-fromme-be-freed/505502/43 "2009-08-08T16:02:05Z")
> [@DLuxN8R-13](#): > > But Sara Jane Moore _wasn’t_ one of Charlie’s girls. Where on Earth did you get that idea from? They were running on two different, basically incompatible brands of high-octane crazy. From the ABC News story cited in the OP: "Seventeen days after Fromme’s assassination attempt, another Manson “Family” member, Sara Jane Moore, also tried to kill the president. Moore was released from prison earlier this year. " ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lynette-squeaky-fromme-be-freed/505502/44 "2009-08-08T16:06:35Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > From the ABC News story cited in the OP: > > "Seventeen days after Fromme’s assassination attempt, another Manson “Family” member, Sara Jane Moore, also tried to kill the president. Moore was released from prison earlier this year. " The Wikipedia article says nothing about Manson but that she was obsessed with Patty Hearst’s kidnapping & revolutionary politics. [Sara Jane Moore - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Jane_Moore) Wikipedia: 1 ABC News: 0 _shakes head at ABC_ ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lynette-squeaky-fromme-be-freed/505502/45 "2009-08-08T16:25:08Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I didn’t realize that Sara Jane Moore, the other failed assassin, was also a Manson chick But Sara Jane Moore _wasn’t_ one of Charlie’s girls. Where on Earth did you get that idea from? They were running on two different, basically incompatible brands of high-octane crazy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lynette-squeaky-fromme-be-freed/505502.md?page=2)