You're Right! Patricia Hearst is the heiress to the Hearst fortune. In 1974, she was kidnapped by a radical terrorist group called the Symbionese Liberation Army. This incident was one of the strangest kidnapping cases that the F.B.I. has ever been involved in. Not only did it result in the largest manhunt of all time, but it also helped to prove that kidnapping had disastrous effects on the person that was kidnapped. While under control of the S.L.A., Patricia Hearst was forced to rob a bank and protect her S.L.A. "comrades." She was brainwashed, which included spending over 50 days in a closet. When found, she was put on trial for grand theft, and was convicted. She spent almost two years in prison, and was released with help from President Jimmy Carter. However, this was not a full pardon, and to this day Patricia Hearst Shaw (she married her bodyguard, Bernard Shaw) has been seeking a full pardon. On February 1, 1979, Patricia's sentence was commuted to time served by President Carter, but her conviction still stood. Finally, on January 20, 2001, outgoing President Clinton granted Patricia a full presidential pardon. Thanks Bill...you horndog you...