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At congressman was leaving, they went and shot congressman leo ryan and a tv cameraman and a few other people. and jones then told his people that this was the end. >> committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world. >> it was not really a suicide, it was a mass murder as far as im concerned, but when this hit the news and people saw that over 900 people lost their lives because they followed this charlatan preacher, that to some degree changed the public...

Angeles mels sporting goods store. their escape was covered by a machine gun-firing girl. today patty hearst pleaded no contest to charges of robbery and assault in connection with that shooting. >> the sentence could have been as much as 15 years to life. >> the l.a. case was the worst case for her. there was tons of evidence against her in l.a. there was probably at least a year between our case in l.a. and her case. when we were arrested, we only remained in the san mateo jail for three days ...

I hadnt changed my name. it was a [ bleep ] neightmare that we had to revisit. >> so when the second we did file charges against all five sla members that were eligible for being indicted, we were happy that finally, these people were going to be held accountable. we soon found out that patricia hearst would end up being the star witness in the case. and i remember being asked, well, why wasnt she indicted with the rest of them? >> there were four people in the bank, there were two get away driv...

Documents, which we had acquired, to him as new counsel. >> martinez got us fired after we brought him into the case at her request. i mean, we found him through a list of divorce lawyers. so her boyfriend, who had quids and a wife, could get divorced and marry her. >> al johnson, far more than f. lee bailey devoted his life to patricia hearst. hes a boston lawyer who spent years in san francisco away from his family. and as soon as she hooks up with bernie shaw, she cuts al johnson out and they...

Large, that this was a story about one young woman who was kidnapped and forced to commit one bank robbery. and thats what most people remember about this case. she eliminated mels sporting goods, the bombing she parted in, the death of a woman she was responsible for. >> after so many years, it was always patricia hearst who got the limelight and the fascination with celebrity, semi-celebrity. i think everyone just kind of dropped all hopes of ever holding the sla accountable for my moms murder...

Shooting. >> the sentence could have been as much as 15 years to life. >> the l.a. case was the worst case for her. there was tons of evidence against her in l.a. there was probably at least a year between our case in l.a. and their case. when we were arrested, we only r remained in the san mateo jail for four days. >> a los angeles jury found william and emily harris guilty today of the kidnapping and robbery of a sporting goods store. >> we were convicted to a since six-year term. as soon as w...

Quietly arrested in st. haul. >> she was not the same person by appearance that she was back when she did these horrible things. part of the problem with the case was we were going to have a whole set of jurors who didnt know who the sla was. they would have never heard of them. so that led us into looking at some of the other crimes they did. we were overwhelmed. we just couldnt believe that nobody had been prosecuted for the murder. john was outraged. so he made it his own mission to do what h...

Make money about how you committed a capital crime and being a get away driver in a bank where murder occurs, makes the driver liable for murder in the first-degree. >> patted -- patty, youve never been tried for that. >> no. >> president carter commutes her on the bank robbery charge. he doesnt commute her on any other case. shes still got this murder case hanging over her head. >> patricia hearst had written her book, so most of the details were out there to kind of lead them where to find the...

Edges -- exposed again to prosecution in the carmichael case. >> i believe theres direct and sufficient evidence to file criminal proceedings for the murder. >> i was arrested and charged with the murder of mirna. and it was way worse for me that time, because i had a family. i was really angry. i had already done the time. i got out of prison the first time on april 26, 1983. and from that time on, ive lived an exemplary life. i became a well-respected investigator for lawyers. emily and i got ...

Opinion, to get gemjimmy carter commute her sentence. she doled out interviews to sympathetic reporters who didnt know all the facts of the case. >> they focussed on the victim part exclusively. since shes been observed on television and in magazines as a victim and not as an urban guerilla, the narrative is likely altered dramatic lay. so its not that hard to pull off. when you have a media empire thats backing your play, thats a big deal. >> her family recruits democrats, republicans, ronald r...