was a participant. she drove what was known as the switch car. there s no excuse for not prosecuting us till 28 years later. they had a treasure trove of evidence, most of it provided by patricia hearst, and the only explanation that i can imagine, and i have no evidence of this because there is none, there had to have been pressure from the hearsts to keep that from being brought. they didn t want her on the witness stand in a trial that would get would be the number one publicity trial of the moment. and she was going to have to tell this story all over again, and she was going to have to try to be honest. see, that s the thing, you know. for all her bullshit, she didn t testify. what does that tell you? she had to say that in the book. but she didn t. she would have testified. she got on larry king and said we were all a bunch of assholes and she wants to do everything she can to prosecute us. well girl, all s you got to do is testify. it was a combination of she
would be to plead to life without the possibility of parole. that was hilarious, you know. when we refused the offer, within a month, the offer came down to what would you take? how much time do you really want? we could surmise that there was probably pressure from the hearsts not to prosecute, as it would draw her into it as a witness. she had no way to withstand the cross examination by her comrades who were with her the whole time. i d been with her for nearly two years. i knew everything that she had done. eventually we agreed to the ten-year sentence, the sentence that allowed us to count the time we d already done. we d already been in custody over three years. we actually benefitted from the hearsts efforts to help her stay out of litigation.
hearst? a little. but i m primarily here to see mr. bailey. the hearsts are really ramping up for this one. we knew we were in for a fight. u.s. district attorney was james l. browning jr. he was a bright guy. but in terms of just his manner and his deportment and his dress, you couldn t help but be struck by how square he was. f. lee brought in his number one sidekick, al johnson. al johnson played an amazing role in the case. he was the one that was very, very close to patty. very protective of her. i was shocked to see the extent of emotional disturbance that her captivity had caused. she was shriveled up in a chair, sitting across a table from me. you would have to be an
angeles mel s sporting goods store. their escape was covered by a machine gun-firing girl. today patty hearst pleaded no contest to charges of robbery and assault in connection with that shooting. the sentence could have been as much as 15 years to life. the l.a. case was the worst case for her. there was tons of evidence against her in l.a. there was probably at least a year between our case in l.a. and her case. when we were arrested, we only remained in the san mateo jail for three days and we were transported to go to l.a. to go to trial in the mel s case. after deliberating for nine days, a los angeles jury found william and emily harris guilty today of kidnapping and robbery in the holdup of a sporting goods store. we were convicted to a six-year term. as soon as we were convicted, we could tell that there was pressure from the hearsts. they had removed the judge.
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