SLA

In 1973, the SLA assassinated a Black Oakland school chief and in 1974 kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst.

Six SLA members were killed, including leader Donald DeFreeze.

Her defense was that she had been brainwashed by the SLA, a victim of “coercive persuasion.”

The SLA did not envision keeping Hearst, Harris said, and he was against it.

Opsahl pushed hard to bring charges against the former SLA members responsible for his mother’s death.