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HEARNAP — Part 28
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i, “the first politicar
“tion Amy,” 20
ee political hut’ list found i" the Copcord hideout gf the’.
(cf | gest minds and hearts can break under . "and writer, sald: “Patricia was be dly trawnatived{
enforcement ‘officers’, includ:
ing the chlef of police of Patricia's home-town — ha
. petitioned the government £0:8rans a full pard
BRT we Yaa Ze
vat Columanlst Wiliain Buckley told a millon’ oéd
: to do the bidding of her captors. . ;
“7-F- "Few remember that Patricia was not yet 20 when nat fustice had been thwarted He asked Presider’:
she was abducted from her Berkeley apartment by a’. Carter. to pardon Patricit” Numerous. othes? rt
” Ha NU ug.- Other" noted |:
froup of revolutio iso f the § whee oe Lipo < writers including Paul Hafvey, Jeffrey Hart, Phys (
Pi moner of the Symbionese ra: Battelle, Bob Greene, Herb Caen and Phil Yerby haves] 2
oe Rg te ee tans ie Fecognized the sorry Apjustice of ;Patricia's'4m bf,
-»- £ She was kidnapped because she was a Hearst. She: ment... £4..'5 até ;
2S kidnapped because her family was powerful. She. 2 FD net tat
_ Was kidnapped e her abductors saw Patricia as. , , + Dozens of broadcast ‘statjons ed
og ; ating ; iv her behalf. Newspapers of prestige hi
e ike the Los’Ang
‘Times, San Francisco Chi nice, San Mateo Tir
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OS York Times, Sacramento U
di
a: have made megalogtyl-commen
your niece, Here is a sampling
rial ly
ae ‘Susin’s’“iame appeared wit
LA. The revolutionaries reasoned that the abd ecticy Sag eaty: aa Aba
.» Of the president's daughter would awaken the world to::' P
r the Bold and reckless goals of this terrortst groupy ~
" Fortunately, the president's famlty was warned of =
SA a ee ony
: 2 oe 2A, 1972; Dy. va R
hone asstine thai bad Sein heoenee ig z Tecognized polygraph ‘ expert “said
Let none assume that had Susan been abducted she Py: ; ‘or 5: .
Fate beter ested ber captorthan did Patrica Baie Bank robber alter Dein
“oa Oct 18, 1977, Andre's Greeley pele a
he ‘threats, ‘debasement and deprivation to which * a erent ria :
atricla was' subjected, pA IS ase Jalsa ORCe by Ber Insane Kidnap
jj : ‘Ihave known Patricia most of her life Jadmire ber c...3/.. 7". 20 ON apelin Pastas
: eatly. In my opinion, few of us would have survived >‘ On ~ c.* 20, 1977)"*Dre' ymond:
», Ber Ordeal'as well as did she.-3, 200 vein een ge chiatrist,at' Downs edical. Cen
Sey ry rac a ; Said: “Patty was actually tortured to the: point:
“fT believe shé merits the admiration ‘ of alt’ for". she no longer existed as Patty. belie ihe bas
, Tpsisting as long as she did in Jlning ber evil abductors." done a great wrong and Twould ike to see justice Yopes
wd Aldo, Moro, ja‘ strong and ; courageous wItalian ww Her, naine Stvuld be cleared: She should be etd
slatesman, was abducted by terrorists earler. this year..: s’.. Op April 28, 1978, 1 Jolyon West, ‘chairman ‘
Before he was murdered he wrote numerous. letters . Psychlatry department at UCLA, said:: (thi was:
egging ‘his government,to break the Jaw and — in’ examining her ‘for 40. hours. ~ although: fourg:
exchange for his freedom — release from prison more :.. appointed, he was Hot permitted -to. preseptihts ‘fal é
than a dozen killer terro ) DONE Soe, Qs OE findings at her trial) “She “was: physically “tortured
‘ ‘oe Nees ape ‘ “vaped and constantly threatened with imminent ‘death~
s, ~' She finally ‘broke and for survival‘did th Didal g:
es who do the bidding of terrorists. = her captors. She Js the ictim, not the.cr ira igre
5 Several experts oftstress and character changes * who guarded Pating ee%, US. dep web perk i
have speculated bat it ts'quite possible that P atricia’s : shductors were beasts. She was the vietim df the Stas eed
wresistance was “weakened by. mind-bending rugs ”'. She is now a victln of the system. ‘She is innocent"”+ 7¢"
mtroduced to‘her food and.water-by her abductors. : oe eet Ceara tat vi
Log . “.. 4 i “ A . ae . - hn rr it te So Fes
"2 No expert Who hassstudi d the evidence has | Jn May 18, 1978, the Miami Herald’ editorial shid:,
questioned the truth'that Patricia suffered crue] and ©: “Kidnapped, locked An. a closet :for ‘weeks, . raped,:
prutal treatment at the hands of her abductors...” tortured, threatened: with death, brain-washed inva'¢;*
2 "os
»
at even pg F a
can break the spirit an ustice. Enough # enough” ee La
: I agree. Enough fs enough. In fact, BU,-it i too. Sage Be!
’ In recognition a Lt re EL
mandated a fist - much, 7 OR ee nt eerinae
all the annals Bilstory, find ano oot ;
tauanee ots dase stn etig Sa? Cha ye Fad wo
ie___anciber tnance wbere 9 youn girl was they, - .
- Potnical victim of her captors and then the political, * a.
yictim of the very system that sbould have protected": ta ge
always easy for the police to oe ny -herinthefirstpiace, =. are ads tet Sana
“these important procedure Seemingty = Rare es
fs question asked by heey | Vesa enough ts enough. You have shown]
criminal] suspect can be ruled .. no i amg Raise your voice in Patricia’s behalf
e and, thus, ultumately ooh ES t Would if her were Smith .o;
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