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Sara Jane Olson Taken Back to Prison, Clerical Mistake

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Sat Mar 22, 2008 at 08:06:01 PM EST
Tags: Sara Jane Olson, Kathleen Soliah (all tags)
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I mentioned yesterday that Sara Jane Olson, aka Kathleen Soliah, the former SLA member (think Patty Hearst) was paroled from prison after serving a six year sentence.

Turns out, the California Department of Corrections says they made an error calculating her release date and she still has a year to go on her sentence. They re-arrested her at LAX last night and she's back in custody.

That just sucks. Sorry, there's no other word for it. Check out these older posts I wrote on Sara Jane's life in prison, on how her prison term got extended and how the extension was later thrown out. Here's more on her guilty plea to the second degree murder charge.

Her lawyers intend to take the matter to court, saying she doesn't deserve to be treated like a yo-yo. I totally agree.

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    Oh come now (5.00 / 1) (#20)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Mar 23, 2008 at 08:07:09 AM EST
    She confessed. So a mistake was made. So what.

    Will her victims rise from their grave??

    Sheriff Of Nottingham Fan Club (none / 0) (#22)
    by squeaky on Sun Mar 23, 2008 at 10:41:59 AM EST
    Honary member?

    Kathleen Soliah did not harm anyone so there is no one to rise from his or her grave.  

    Hearst's sentence was commuter by Jimmy Carter and she was pardoned by Bill CLinton.

    Maybe the same will happen for Kathleen Soliah when either Clinton or Obama become POTUS. BTW-your BushCo pals make Soliah look like little miss muffet. Many are dead because of their lies and misdeeds.

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    Hmmm (none / 0) (#25)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Mar 23, 2008 at 03:15:24 PM EST
    It sure seems like she is guilty of second degree murder....

    Do people confess to that because they harmed no one???

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    I would say (none / 0) (#26)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Mar 23, 2008 at 03:17:49 PM EST
    let the dead bury the dead, but they can't seem to grasp the shovel's handle.

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    The mission is not to do the impossible (none / 0) (#28)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Mar 23, 2008 at 10:06:43 PM EST
    but to punish the evil according to the law.

    Do you have a problem with that?

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    You're the one (none / 0) (#31)
    by jimakaPPJ on Mon Mar 24, 2008 at 02:07:07 PM EST
    called "The Dark Avenger."

    Should we change it to "Disco Duck?"

    ;-)

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    Does Disco Duck (none / 0) (#33)
    by jimakaPPJ on Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 11:58:05 AM EST
    wear tights??

    ;-)

    Have nice day.

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    Oh Lord that's awful. nt (4.50 / 2) (#1)
    by Maria Garcia on Sat Mar 22, 2008 at 08:08:46 PM EST


    horrible (4.50 / 2) (#4)
    by sarany on Sat Mar 22, 2008 at 09:51:25 PM EST
    I can't imagine her state of mind.  This qualifies as torture of a sort... cruel and unusual punishment, at least.

    Who can we contact (4.50 / 2) (#5)
    by allimom99 on Sat Mar 22, 2008 at 10:01:15 PM EST
    to express support for her team?

    I just read the back posts and the (4.50 / 2) (#7)
    by jes on Sat Mar 22, 2008 at 10:53:54 PM EST
    comments on them as well as the wiki article on Sara Jane Olson. She has been punished enough, she had rehabilitated herself before the capture. Given the circumstances, it sounds like she should have gotten only the 3 to 4 years.  I hope her lawyers can get her free - enough is enough.

    It's ridiculous (4.50 / 2) (#9)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Sat Mar 22, 2008 at 11:59:54 PM EST
    How much more "rehabilitiation" could she obtain in another year of prison?

    How likely is it that she would reoffend at her age?

    The most cold and calculating person should have looked at this and said, "we have nothing to gain by bringing her back, and $40,000/yr to lose (or whatever it costs per year to house a prisoner).  What's done is done.  We screwed up.  Let