Sara Jane Olson
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Sara Jane Olson (born Kathleen Ann Soliah on January 16, 1947) is an American far-left activist who was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in 1975. The group disbanded and she was a fugitive for decades before being arrested. In 2001, she pleaded guilty to attempted murder related to a failed bombing plot. In 2003 she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder related the death of a customer during a botched bank robbery the SLA committed in California. Known then as Soliah, she was also accused of helping a group hide Patty Hearst, a kidnapped newspaper heiress, in 1974. After being federally indicted in 1976, Soliah was a wanted fugitive for several decades. She lived for periods in Zimbabwe and the U.S. states of Washington and Minnesota.
Sara Jane Olson | |
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Born | Kathleen Ann Soliah (1947-01-16) January 16, 1947 (age 77) Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. |
Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.) |
Movement | Symbionese Liberation Army |
While in Minnesota, she legally changed her name to Sara Jane Olson, married, and had a family. Arrested in 1999, she pleaded guilty in 2001 to two counts of possessing explosives with intent to murder, and in 2003 to second-degree murder, both stemming from her SLA activities in the 1970s. She was sentenced to 14 years in prison.[1] She was mistakenly released for five days in March 2008 due to an error made in calculating her parole, and was rearrested.[2] She was released on parole on March 17, 2009.[3]
On November 4, 2020, Olson was arrested along with several others for blocking Interstate 94 in Minneapolis during a protest.[4]