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December 23. 1987, Attempted Assassin Lynette Fromme Escapes From Federal Prison - Today In Crime History
On this day, December 23, in the year 1987, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, who was convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford and received a life sentence, escaped from the women’s federal prison facility, in Alderson, West Virginia.
November 2, 1979, Assata Shakur Escapes From Federal Prison - Today In Crime History
On this day, November 2, in the year 1979, three members of the Black Liberation Army broke fellow BLA member Assata Shakur out of the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in Union Township, NJ. Shakur was the step-aunt of deceased hip hop icon Tupac Shakur (the sister of his stepfather, Mutulu Shakur).






