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Ex-SLA member gets sentence reduced
A prison board cut one year from the 14-year prison sentence of Sara Jane Olson, an ex-Symbionese Liberation Army member formerly known as Kathleen Soliah. Olson pleaded guilty to the 1975 attempted bombings of two Los Angeles police cars.
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Ex-SLA member may get shorter sentence
Last fugitive SLA member sentenced
James Kilgore, the last fugitive member of the Symbionese Liberation Army to be brought to justice, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for passport fraud and possession of a pipe bomb. He is expected to be sentenced to an additional six years next month on murder charges after pleading guilty last year in the 1975 shooting death of a bank customer during an SLA bank holdup.
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Fifth SLA member makes plea
Former 1970s radical James Kilgore, who spent decades on the run from bomb and murder charges linked to his days with the Symbionese Liberation Army, pleaded guilty Friday to federal explosives and passport fraud charges.
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Prison time for SLA four
Fifth SLA member captured
Four SLA members plead guilty
Olson, four others charged with murder
More on the shooting of Myrna Opsahl
Prison board adds five years to Olson's sentence
Former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson should serve at least five additional years in prison beyond her scheduled 2005 release for her role in a 1975 plot to bomb police cars, a state board ruled.
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Olson to appeal guilty plea
Former SLA fugitive Sara Jane Olson, who was sentenced to 20 years to life after admitting her role in a series of attempted bombings in 1975, has filed notice that she will appeal her guilty plea to a higher court.
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Lawyers target Patty Hearst
Lawyers for former Symbionese Liberation Army members accused of a bank robbery that turned deadly say they'll tear into the credibility of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, who vowed to testify for the prosecution.
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Olson's defense: She wasn't there
SLA suspect Bortin waives extradition to California
FBI seeks last SLA fugitive, James Kilgore
Olson sentenced, pleads not guilty to new charges
Olson, four others charged with murder
More on the shooting of Myrna Opsahl
Hearst: SLA was fighting 'jihad'
During an appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live," newspaper heiress Patty Hearst said she was prepared to testify against her former kidnappers, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army recently arrested for the murder of a bank customer during a 1975 robbery.
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Transcript of CNN interview
SPECIAL REPORTS:
 A 24-year-old crime
Sara Jane Olson lived a normal life in Minnesota until the FBI identified her as the Kathleen Soliah they had been seeking for 24 years for a series of attempted bombings in L.A. as a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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Read the indictment
Interactive map: Kathleen Soliah and the SLA
 Who is Sara Jane Olson?
To the media, she's a "soccer mom" hiding a radical past. To police and prosecutors, she's a terrorist. But to friends, Sara Jane Olson is an actress, a volunteer and a gourmet cook, who has found ways to translate her fervor of the '70s into a contemporary brand of community activism.
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Read letters of support from Olson's friends
 The Symbionese Liberation Army
From the assassination of a revered educator to attacks on L.A. police, the SLA were fighting a muddled war against the "fascist insect who preys upon the life of the people." Had they not kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst, this ragtag band of white leftists, led by a black convict (pictured), might have disappeared into the fog of history.
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Interactive map: Kathleen Soliah and the SLA
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After 24 years of a model suburban life, Sara Jane Olson, aka Kathleen Soliah, faced conspiracy charges for allegedly planting bombs under police cars as a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the radical leftist group infamous for kidnapping Patty Hearst. |
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