Federal Presidential Pardon» president clinton http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com A Study of Noteworthy Presidential Pardons Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Patty Hearst http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2009/11/03/patty-hearst/ http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2009/11/03/patty-hearst/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:26:15 +0000 Brian J. Zeiger http://federalpresidentialpardon.com/?p=50 Patty was a newspaper heiress, who was kidnapped in 1974 by the Symbionese Liberation Army (hereinafter “SLA”). She was assaulted mentally, physically, and sexually by her captors. She was brainwashed into believing that she was part of the SLA, for which she was later diagnosed with Stockholm syndrome. In 1976 Hearst took part in a bank robbery with the SLA. At her trial she refused to name names. She was ultimately convicted of armed bank robbery and using a firearm during a felony; she was sentenced to 35 years, which was reduced to 7 years.

President Carter commuted her sentence and she was released from prison on February 1, 1979 after serving approximately 22 months in jail. On January 20, 2001, on his last day in office President Clinton granted Hearst a full pardon.

Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst - pardon me!

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From the 1960s through 1980 FALN claimed responsibility for many bombings in the United States to fight for independence. 16 members of FALN were convicted of various federal crimes, including sedition, with sentences far in excess of those sentences of other individuals convicted of similar of crimes.

In 1999, President Clinton, commuted the sentences of the 16 members of FALN over the objection of the United States Attorney, Congress, Senate, and Federal Bureau of Investigations. None of those commuted had ever been convicted of any acts where people were injured; all 16 had served at least 19 years in jail before their commutation.

Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña

Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña

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