Saturday, March 22, 2008

Sara Jane Olson re-imprisoned; release was based on "technical error"

A former member of the radical 1970s group Symbionese Liberation Army is back in custody after a clerical error miscalculated her prison release date, a California Department of Corrections spokesman said Saturday.

Sara Jane Olson was freed Monday.

But her earliest release date is now March 17, 2009, Chief Deputy Secretary Scott Kernan said, calling the error "an aberration."

"Our department immediately rearrested her, and she will serve her full sentence," Kernan said.

He described Olson as cooperative and said the arrest took place "without incident."

She will serve the year at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, California.

"The department is sensitive to the impact such an error has had on all involved in this case and sincerely regrets the mistake," Kernan said.

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