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...Joel Fort, 46, a highly controversial San Francisco physician and criminologist who has served as an expert witness in more than 300 criminal trials, including those of Charles Manson, Timothy Leary and Lenny Bruce...
...Sacramento the following day, Lynette Alice ("Squeaky") Fromme, 27, faced sentencing for having tried to shoot Ford with a .45-cal. pistol in the city's Capitol Park last Sept. 5. Fromme, a member of the bizarre "family" of convicted Murderer Charles Manson, carried over her arm the same red robe she had worn on that day, as well as an apple ("For you, your honor," she said when U.S. District Court Judge Thomas J. MacBride noticed it). After U.S. Attorney Dwayne Keyes recommended severe punishment because she was full of "hate and violence," Squeaky hurled the apple...
...attempted murder of a President. Recalled MacBride afterward: "That gal didn't bat an eye when I pronounced judgment." On her way out of the courtroom, however, Squeaky broke into screams that could be heard long after the doors had shut behind her. Because of the Manson family's bloody record, the judge was placed under protection for an indefinite time...
...trigger of her automatic in an effort to kill him. The President said he could not recall hearing the gun click. Virga argued that his client had no intention of killing Ford, but simply wanted to get publicity for her concerns about the environment and her efforts to free Manson...
After deliberating nearly 20 hours, the jurors gave their verdict and disappeared without granting any interviews. They reportedly feared reprisals from the Manson family if their names became well known...