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The Commutation, Release, And Pardon Of Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst was treated unfairly. John Wayne would note that it was incredible that the nation would believe Jim Jones could brainwash 900 people into committing suicide but would not believe that Patty had been brainwashed into becoming a maniac. It took President Jimmy Carter to commute her sentence to 22 months that brought her freedom. President Reagan had considered providing her a pardon but it would be President Bill Clinton who actually delivered her pardon on his final day in the Oval Office. On January 20, 2001, Patty Hearst finally had received something approaching justice. Her status as the victim rather than the criminal had been restored.