Symbionese Liberation Army Olson Back in Prison.

Sara Jane Olson, 61, is back in prison for at least another year having been rearrested after being released due to an inexplicable “clerical error” by the California Department of Corrections only discovered and admitted after harsh criticism. Olson was a member of the terrorist Symbionese Liberation Army (S.L.A.) that committed two murders, bank robberies, attempted other murders (including of a police officer), attempted bombings and other acts of violence between 1973 and 1975. The group of a dozen middle and upper class college-educated white youth, and a black male prison escapee adopting the slogan “Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people.”

The S.L.A. formed as a result of the prison visitation programs of the radical left-wing group Venceremos Organization and a group known as the Black Cultural Association in Soledad prison. The group murdered the Oakland School’s Superintendent in 1973 and badly wounded his deputy The hollow-point bullets used to kill Dr. Foster had been packed with cyanide. Thereafter the SLA kidnapped Hearst heiress Patty, supposedly “brainwashed” her and continued its mayhem.Olson was a fugitive for nearly 30-years living openly as a housewife under a new name in Minnesota. “Parole shouldn’t even be an option for terrorists who are convicted of murdering innocent bystanders and attempting to murder police officers,” said a police officer’s association spokesman. There is outrage over her mistaken release and that it was only corrected after media attention and sharp protests.