Sara Jane Moore

They Walk Among Us

Geri Spieler | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Timing is everything when you are convicted of murder. Sentencing is all about timing. Guidelines change, and so do prison sentences.

Ford's Lucky Day Revisited

Geri Spieler | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Thirty-four years later, the Secret Service is still trying to understand the mind of that 45 year old woman, mother and doctor's wife who aimed and shot at Gerald Ford.

Two Women, Two Potential Assassins Out On the Street

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Two women, two potential presidential assassins, are free today, 34 years after they attempted to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford.

Women Criminals I have Known

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living


Geri Spieler

It seems it is the season for paroling women who attempt to assassinate our presidents and those who commit heinous crimes.

What Does an Extremist Look Like?

Geri Spieler | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Is an extremist tall, short, young, old, thin, fat? Would you know if the person standing next to you was about to pull out a gun and shoot? Scary ...

Sara Jane Moore's Interview Fallout

Geri Spieler | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


Geri Spieler

If you were standing on that sidewalk next to Moore when she was 45 years old, would you have expected her to pull a gun from her purse, aim and pull the trigger at the head of the U.S. President?

David Hume Kennerly, Ford's White House Photographer, Outraged At "Today" Show

The Daily Beast | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


Would-be presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore--who on Sept. 22, 1975 fired a .38-caliber bullet at President Gerald R. Ford--sat down for a convivial...

Sara Jane Moore -- Then and Now

Geri Spieler | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Sara Jane Moore missed Gerald Ford's head with a bullet by a mere six inches. Someone like her didn't raise any alarms on a street corner in 1975, and wouldn't today.

Sara Jane Moore Tried To Assassinate President Ford, Discusses Attempt And Spending 32 Years In Jail (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


To look at this 80-year-old grandmotherly woman, it is difficult to imagine that she spent 32 years in prison for attempting to assassinate President ...

Drowning in Twitter World

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media


Geri Spieler

OK, so maybe it's just me, but all this Social Networking is just too much pressure!

The Art of Duplicity

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living


Geri Spieler

I got an E-mail from her new lawyer two months ago. He told me that unless I return her art immediately, which is rightfully her property, he said, he was authorized to sue me.

Protecting the President: Lessons Learned?

Geri Spieler | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

The woman was Sara Jane Moore. There were two significant Secret-Service-related reasons that she was free to stand on that sidewalk that afternoon, gun in hand.