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Article: Former Symbionese Liberation Army radical released
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 17, 2009
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Former Symbionese Liberation Army radical released
LOS ANGELES, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Former Symbionese Liberation
Army (SLA) radical Sara Jane Olson was released on parole on
Tuesday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
(CDCR) announced.
After seven years in state prison for crimes in the 1970s, Olson
was given clearance to travel to Minnesota, where she will spend
one year on supervised parole, the CDCR said in a statement.
"Olson's transfer is consistent with the Interstate Compact for
Adult Offender Supervision, which permits offenders who meet the
mandatory criteria to be supervised on parole in another state," the
statement said.
"Studies have shown that ...