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Had two older sons. i was not trying to hide out. i hadn't changed my name. it was a [ bleep ] nightmare that we had to revisit. >> so when the d.a. 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 probably end up being a star witness in the case. and i remember being asked, well, why wasn't she indicted with the rest of them? >> there were four people in the bank, there were two getaway drivers. bill harris. and patricia hearst. >> patty d...

Arrested, all the shit was going to hit the fan and that we would be exposed again to prosecution in the carmichael case. >> i believe that there is now both direct and circumstantial evidence sufficient to file charges and begin criminal proceedings for the murder of myrna opsahl. >> january 16, 2002, i was arrested and charged with the murder of myrna opsahl. and it was way worse for me at 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, i'd lived an exemplary life. i became a well-...

Of the dumbest thing i have ever seen in my life, because immunity does not cover writing books to make money about how you committed a capital crime. and being the getaway driver in a bank where murder occurs makes the driver liable for murder in the first degree. >> patty, you've never been tried for that? >> no. >> president carter commutes her on the bank robbery charge. he doesn't commute her on any other case. she's still got this murder case hanging over her head. >> patricia hearst had written her book, and so most of the details were out there to kind of lead them where to find the ev...

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 that's what most people remember about this case. she eliminated mel's sporting goods, the bomb is she participated in, the death of myrna ophsel which she was morally 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 mom's murder. >> but the...

>> 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 didn't know all the facts of the case. >> they focussed on the victim part exclusively. since she's been observed on television and in magazines as a victim and not as an urban guerilla, the narrative is likely altered dramatic lay. so it's not that hard to pull off. when you have a media empire that's backing your play, that's a big deal. >> her family recruits democrats, republicans, ronald reagan also endorses this effort. >> yo...