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To: cherry

No, I'm positive that Jimmy Carter pardoned Patty Hearst. The date was Feb. 1st 1979. My source is Patty Hearst's book. No one would know better than her.


246 posted on 09/26/2006 12:15:30 AM PDT by SarahUSC
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To: SarahUSC; cherry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst

Attorney F. Lee Bailey defended Patty Hearst. Legal analysts and Hearst herself later said the famed attorney did a poor job defending her. He gave very short and weak closing arguments. Hearst was convicted of bank robbery on March 20, 1976. Her seven-year prison term was eventually commuted by President Jimmy Carter, and Hearst was released from prison on February 1, 1979, having served only twenty-two months. She was granted a full pardon by President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001, the final day of his presidency.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/06/hearst.pardon/index.html


247 posted on 09/26/2006 12:49:47 AM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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