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Fromme was sentenced under a law covering assaults on U.S. presidents. She was released from prison in 2009. The tape, which represents a historical footnote in the widely publicized case, had been sealed since the case and was largely forgotten in the years since. It was released as a result of a motion filed by the Eastern District Historical Society, a nonprofit that seeks to preserve the history of the federal court based in Sacramento. The case was the first in history featuring oral testimony from a sitting president in a criminal trial. Fromme received her nickname from Manson's "family" because of her voice. She was never implicated in the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight others, for which Manson is serving a life term in California. Ford died at his Southern California home on Dec. 26, 2006. He was 93.
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