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Ever worked on any case in my life, and i believed in her and in her defense. >> she was on the hook for a very grisly first-degree murder, and we got her out of that. had that been understood at the time, the hearst case would have been labeled as a major victory. and randy and kathryn hearst understood, and they were very grateful for it. if patty ever said thank you, i dont recall it. >> patricia hearst is asking for a new trial, charging her trial attorney, f. lee bailey, with an ineffective...

Very grisly first degree murder, and we got her out of that. had that been understood at the time, the hearst case would have been labeled as a major victory. and brandy and kathryn hearst understood, and they were very grateful for it. if patty ever said thank you, i dont recall. >> patricia hearst is asking for a new trial, charging her trial attorney, f. lee bailey with an ineffective defense. ♪ bum-bum-bum-bum-bum t-mobile believes its better to give than to receive. some may disagree. (sc...

To have to alter public opinion on her post conviction. >> patty hearst waged a press offensive to change public opinion to get jimmy carter to commute her sentence. she doled out interviews to sympathetic reporters who didnt know all the facts of the case. >> they focused on the victim part exclusively. since shes been observed on television and magazines as a victim, and not as an urban guerrilla, the narrative has like been altered dramatically. so, its not that hard to pull off. you know, wh...

Members of the sy mbia nese liberation army robbed a store. today patricia 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. it 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 county jail for three days and we were transported...

Bousire pig. it depidnt matter. >> it didnt matter what they did to anybody. they were always right, always. >> publishing that book was one of the dumbest things i have ever seen in my life because immunity doesnt cover writing books to make money about how you committed a capital crime and being the get away driver in a bank where murder occurs makes the driver liable for murder in the first degree. >> patty, you have never been tried for that. >> no. >> president carter commutes her on the ba...

Tonight is the finale of a saga of privilege, politics and violence. the conclusion of the radical story of patty hearst. deta details that capture a trial of the famous american heiress who was kidnapped and joined them in a series of crimes. she was defended by the famed attorney who you may remember was also on to part of o.j. simpsons defense team. heres what he said about the hearst case. >> i must say the worst case i have ever taken on in my life was the united states versus paultty hears...

About where she lives. and tonight after living a double life for nearly 25 years, she was quietly arrested in st. paul. >> she was not the same person by appearance that she was back when she did these horrible things. part of the problem in the case was we were going to have a whole set of jurors that didnt know who the sla was. they would have never heard of them so that led us to looking at some of the other crimes they did. >> what did you find when you looked at the carmichael crime? >> we...

>> she came from one of the most famous journalistic families in the world. and she understood the power of controlling the narrative. she persuaded the public, by and 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 participated in, the death of myrna opsel which she was morally responsible for. >> after so many years, it was always ...

I was not trying to hide out. i hadnt changed my name. it was a [ bleep ] nightmare that we had to revisit. >> so, when the sacramento d.a. did finally file charges against all five of the s.l.a. 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 probably end up being a star witness in the case, and i remember being asked, well, why wasnt she indicted with the rest of them? >> ther...

I believed in her and in her defense. >> she was on the hook for a very grizzly first-degree murder, and we got her out of that. had that been understood at the time, the hearst case would have been labelled as a major victory. and randy and catherine hearst understood and they were very grateful for it. if patty ever said thank you, i dont recall it. >> patricia hearst is asking for a new trial, charging her trial attorney f.-l olee bailey with ineffective defense. ♪