CA dept. of corrections say "oops" re: Sara Jane Olson

[RB TexLa]

By TIM HARLOW, Star Tribune

Last update: March 22, 2008 - 6:08 PM

Sara Jane Olson’s taste of freedom was shortlived.

Just days after being granted permission to serve out her parole in Minnesota, Olson was still in California on Saturday. Authorities there arrested the former Symbionese Liberation Army member Friday night and returned her to custody, said Olson’s lawyer David Nickerson.

Nickerson said he was not told why Olson was detained as she prepared to board a flight from Los Angeles to Minneapolis on Friday night, only that “her permission for parole had been revoked.”

http://www.startribune.com/local/16927196.html

[Lautremont]

1. I believe you mean "oops."

[RB TexLa]

2. ok

[kestrel91316]

3. WTF??

I mean, really.

:wtf:

This wasn't any little mistake. I don't doubt for one minute that they are deliberately tormenting her. LAPD just can't stand the fact that she is still loved by her family and community. I assume the prison system feels about the same.

They can't let her go yet - they haven't BROKEN HER SPIRIT.

And what's the deal with arresting her without any explanation to her attorney or husband - I thought we had laws against that.

Oh. Nevermind. They're probably gonna ship her off to Gitmo on some retroactive terra charge and she'll never be heard from again. Dontcha just LOVE Amurka?

[seabeyond]

4. i am with you on all you are saying.... n/t

[TheMightyFavog]

5. Olson was apparently released one year too early due to a computational error.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080323/ap_on_re_us/sla_olson

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

Criticism over the early release from prison Monday of Sara Jane Olson, who lived as a fugitive for years in Minnesota, spurred a review of her sentence and the timing of her parole, Scott Kernan, the chief deputy secretary for the California Department of Corrections, said at a news conference. The review revealed that a 2004 miscalculation led to the former Symbionese Liberation Army member being released a year too early, he said.