Teen Abducted By Teacher Is Acting Like Different Person; Family At A Loss

Patty Hearst Gets The Maximum Sentence

Patty Hearst may have finally been free of her kidnappers but it was clear that she was not to go free following her trial. Judge Carter who had presided over the trial was so thoroughly convinced of her guilt and active participation in the bank robbery that he gave her 35 years jail time, the maximum sentence possible. This would be reduced by William Horsley Orrick Jr. who took the final sentence hearing when Judge Carter passed away prior to the date. Hearst was given seven years to show, “rebellious young people who, for whatever reason become revolutionaries, and voluntarily commit criminal acts will be punished.”