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Sarah Jane Moore (born 1930 in Charleston, WV) unsuccessfully tried to assassinate US President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975 outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. A former nursing school student, Women's Army Corps recruit and accountant, Moore had had five husbands and four children before she turned to revolutionary politics while in her forties. She was recruited as an informant by the FBI to gain information on the Patty Hearst kidnappers, but her cover was blown. In order to reconnect with her radical friends, she attempted to shoot President Ford, only 17 days after Lynette Fromme. Ford was saved by bystander Oliver Sipple.Moore pleaded guilty to attempted assassination and was sentenced to life in prisonLife imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment. The effect of such a sentence varies between jurisdictions. Life imprisonment is regarded by many as a humane alternative to the death penalty for the most serious crimes., which she is currently serving in Alderson Federal Prison CampAlderson Federal Prison Camp also Federal Prison Camp, Alderson or FPC Alderson is a federal prison in the United States for minimum-security female inmates. Eleanor Roosevelt, the future First Lady, and Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the Assistant U. Attorney.
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Moore, Sara Jane
