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Patricia Campbell Hearst

Also known as: Patty Hearst, Patricia Hearst Shaw

February 20, 1954

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Summary

Patricia Campbell Hearst, born February 20, 1954, received two acts of federal clemency. On January 29, 1979, President Jimmy Carter granted a commutation of her sentence; the specific offense addressed by this commutation is not stated in the available record. On January 20, 2001, President Bill Clinton granted a pardon for armed bank robbery in connection with the April 1974 Hibernia Bank robbery in San Francisco, for which Hearst had been convicted and sentenced in March 1976.

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Clemency record

Pardon · January 20, 2001

Granted by Bill Clinton (Democratic)

Conviction for armed bank robbery in connection with the April 1974 Hibernia Bank robbery in San Francisco. Sentenced March 1976.

Counts of conviction

  • Bank Robbery and Incidental Crimes — Conviction for armed bank robbery in connection with the April 15, 1974 robbery of the Hibernia Bank, San Francisco. (18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d))

Original sentence: 84 months imprisonment (sentenced March 20, 1976, Northern District of California).

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