Former 70s Radical Returned to Prison

[BlueJessamine]

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Just days after her release on parole, a former 1970s radical Sarah Jane Olson was headed back to prison Saturday to serve at least one more year after corrections officials said a miscalculation resulted in her early release.

Update:
Officials said that the error in her release date was because of a failure to factor the second sentence into her parole calculations.

But Olson's lawyer said that was "ridiculous".

"We received an order from the state parole board more than a month ago informing us that she would be released on 17 March," said Shawn Chapman Holley.

"The idea that suddenly they discovered an error is untrue," she added. "As far as we're concerned they're bowing to political pressure and they are wrong."

The Symbionese Liberation Army formed in Berkeley, California in the 1970s, committed to fighting against what it said was an oppressive governmental regime.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7310168.stm

[blue sky at night]

1. Hey Welcome to DU,

Just a quick tip, you might want to give us old-fogies that don't always want to wait around watching videos what the subject's NAME is. Thanks...and again, Welcome. BTW, is this supposed to be good news or bad, seems like the time should be up for the poor woman?

[BlueJessamine]

3. Thankyou

blue sky at night.

Olson, 61, still has one more year to serve before being freed/paroled in March 2009.

[whistle]

2. Miscalculation or orders from the Secret Shadow Government ?

[zanne]

4. Our justice system has devolved into this...

The law is the law unless some important people object. Then we'll just make shit up as we go along.

[happygoluckytoyou]

5. IT WILL ONLY SERVE A PURPOSE WHEN THE RIGHT WING MEDIA CAN BLAME A DEM PRESIDENT

[byronius]

6. Yeah, we're all safe again, Except for Rove walking around free.

'Justice' my ass. This smells like double jeopardy. Being taunted with release and then re-imprisoned for another year sounds like an actionable offense to me.

It's the political shadow of her actions. Nothing else. She's no danger. It's cruelty.

Lot of cruel stupidity going on in this land.

[FightTheRight89]

7. I'm pretty sure this was just a clerical error.

And even so, she's a terrorist. Not too much sympathy from me for her.

[Joe Chi Minh]

8. Given the vindictive nature of your current administration and its record

of suborning the judiciary for political ends, what on earth persuades you so strongly of that? I mean, in principle, it has to be a possibility, but hardly probable.... What fun, they'll be thinking, rubbing their hands with delight. Ha! Ha! Ever been h-a-a-a-d? Subtle or benevolent humour was never their strong point. If you're going to fighttheright, you'll need to pay more attention to their m.o.

[FightTheRight89]

9. What are they gaining by keeping her in jail for just one year?

[Joe Chi Minh]

11. I doubt if we could understand any answer they could give to that question.

[izzie]

10. Give me a brake. So what it was done in the 70's.

And they took off one year of her time. That is a odd story. Wonder what is behind this?