After a dozen days later, Patty was spotted wielding an assault weapon on a bank surveillance camera during an SLA bank robbery. She was also shouting orders to bystanders while providing cover to her confederates. They ran down thousands of leads but SLA had frightened the potential informants and made sure they remained silent. However, one breakthrough came in Los Angeles on May Two members from SLA tried to steal an ammunition belt from a local store and were nearly caught in their attempt.
Their getaway van led authorities to an SLA safe house. It was surrounded the next day by LA police. In a massive shootout, the building was up in flames and left six members of SLA dead including their boss Donald DeFreeze. But Patty Hearst managed to escape with several others and then travelled around the country in an attempt to not be captured.
FBI finally got a hold of her on September 18, She was charged with bank robbery and other crimes. Just like Patty Hearst's kidnapping, the trial which followed after her arrest was also sensational.
Despite the claims of brainwashing, the jury found her to be guilty. She was sentenced to seven years in prison for her crimes. She was later pardoned off her sentence. Olsson was later joined by a former cellmate, Clark Olofsson.
Similarly, Hearst announced her commitment to the SLA and their values two months after her kidnapping. The SLA on the other hand, was an organization lead by Berkeley radicals with anti-capitalist beliefs and a dangerous determination to incite urban guerrilla warfare.
Psychologist James T. Turner identifies the key factors which influence the development of hostage identification syndrome. These include everything from daily face-to-face interactions with guards to well-timed uses of violence and the duration of captivity.
Captives are also more susceptible to the influence of their abductors if they lack a sense of established cultural values. Self-blame is a common trait shared by victims who identify closely with their captors; many times, captives will hold themselves accountable for the affliction they suffer at the hands of their captors. She later declared, in a tape sent to the authorities, that she had joined the SLA of her own free will. Despite her claim that she had been brainwashed by the SLA, she was convicted on March 20, , and sentenced to seven years in prison.
She served 21 months before her sentence was commuted by President Carter. After leaving prison, she returned to a more routine existence and later married her bodyguard. She was pardoned by President Clinton in January But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
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