Sunday, April 20, 2008

L.A. city council passes resolution calling for former SLA member to remain in prison

The Los Angeles City Council endorsed a resolution calling for ex-Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson to serve out the rest of her prison term.

Olson had been paroled in March after serving half of a 12-year sentence for her role in a deadly 1975 bank robbery and an attempt to bomb two Los Angeles police cars.

However, Olson was back in custody a few days after her release when California prison officials discovered a mistake in the calculation of her release. She will serve at least another year.

The Los Angeles Times said Wednesday's council vote came after Olson's lawyers filed a motion in Sacramento seeking her immediate release. The motion claimed Olson's due-process rights had been violated because corrections officials had no legal right to re-arrest her.

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