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Defense as brainwashing. the legal version of that defense is called coercive persuasion. in other words, i as a defendant was forced to commit these crimes and therefore, am not guilty. that was the defense that bailey and company put forward at patty's trial. >> e we knew with a high degree of certainty that brainwashing was going to be the defense because it was the only other possible explanation. >> the problem for bailey and the defense was that they had very few options for what to organi argue. they couldn't argue she wasn't in the bank. they couldn't argue this was mistaken identity. ...

Case. >> i'm primarily here to see mr. bailey. >> it's really ramping up. we knew we were in for a fight. the u.s. district attorney was james l. browning jr. in terms of just his manner and his address, you couldn't help but be struck by how square he was. >> he brought in his number one side kick, al johnson. al johnson played an amazing role in the case. he was the one that was very, very close to patty. very protective of her. >> i was shocked to see the extent of emotional disturbance that her captivity had cause d. she was shrivelled up in a chair

For years that the reason they put patty hearst on the stand is that they had a ruling from the judge that the cross-examination would be limited just to the bank robbery and the kidnapping. that is not true. >> the judge never ruled that we were not entitled to ask these questions about what happened after the bank robbery. there was never any earlier ruling upon which the defense relied. having testified in your own behalf, you can no longer invoke the fifth amendment on cross-examination. >> if a defendant voluntarily takes the stand, she cannot pick and choose the questions that she wants ...

About it? it was in my purse for a year and a half? that's not reasonable. >> it was one of the last exhibits to come into the jury. >> it was a significant point in the trial. >> bailey had put patty on the stand so that the jurors could hear in her own words the terror of the kidnapping. that was the upside for the defense of putting her on the stand. but there was a very substantial downside too. >> in the course of that examination, patty ended up testifying to certain circumstances that took place in the next year and a half. and we felt, i know sitting at the prosecution table, holy corr...

In boot camp. that was brainwashing. that was breaking you down to nothing and building you back up again. that never happened. bailey was a marine pilot and had a wild hairup his ass about some man sheecheern candidate nonses. ng incredible. capital one has partnered with hotels.com to give venture cardholders 10 miles on every dollar they spend at thousands of hotels. all you have to do is pay with this... at hotels.com/venture. 10 miles per dollar? that is incredible. brrrrr. i have the chills. because you're so excited? because ice is cold. and because of all those miles. obviously. what's...