![Patty Hearst leaves a Los Angeles courtroom with private security...]()
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Patty Hearst leaves a Los Angeles courtroom with private security guards, May 10, 1977, after a judge placed her on five years of probation. She pleaded "no contest" in April to charges of assault and armed robbery.
![Patty Hearst, center, is accompanied by deputy U.S. Marshal John...]()
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Patty Hearst, center, is accompanied by deputy U.S. Marshal John Brophy as she leaves the Federal building at San Francisco on April 12, 1976, hours after her sentencing on a bank robbery conviction. She faces additional charges in Los Angeles and is to undergo 90 days of psychiatric examination before her final sentence is determined.
![Socialite Patty Hearst and MC John Waters arrive at the...]()
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Socialite Patty Hearst and MC John Waters arrive at the 2004 IFP Independent Spirit Awards Feb. 28, 2004, in Santa Monica, California.
![Patricia Hearst waves her presidential commutation order as she leaves...]()
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Patricia Hearst waves her presidential commutation order as she leaves the Pleasanton Federal Correctional Institution on Feb. 1, 1979, with her fiance Bernard Shaw.
![Patty Hearst poses with her novel "Murder at San Simeon"...]()
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Patty Hearst poses with her novel "Murder at San Simeon" during its introduction to the media at Planet Hollywood September 19, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California.
![Patty Hearst, as a child, is photographed at her communion.]()
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Patty Hearst, as a child, is photographed at her communion.
![Patty Hearst, center, holds the ribbon that Rocket, the shih...]()
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Patty Hearst, center, holds the ribbon that Rocket, the shih tzu she co-owns, won at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden in New York on Feb. 15, 2015.
![A poster, which was issued by the Symbionese Liberation Army,...]()
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A poster, which was issued by the Symbionese Liberation Army, shows Patty Hearst, as "Tania," toting a machine gun in front of the revolutionary group's symbol. In February 1974, the multiracial band, kidnapped Hearst.
![As journalists await updates on the kidnapping of Patty Hearst...]()
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As journalists await updates on the kidnapping of Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army they pass the time on Feb. 27, 1974, by playing Scrabble on the hood of an auto outside the Randolph A. Hearst home in Hillsborough, Calif.
![Patty Hearst and her husband, Bernard Shaw, leave New York's...]()
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Patty Hearst and her husband, Bernard Shaw, leave New York's Tavern on the Green restaurant after lunch on June 18, 1979. The two are in New York for a visit and to see several Broadway musicals.
![The Sunset branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco,...]()
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The Sunset branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco, seen on Jan. 1976, is where newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was involved in an armed bank robbery and use of a firearm on April 15, 1974.
![Patty Hearst is escorted by her father Randolph Hearst during...]()
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Patty Hearst is escorted by her father Randolph Hearst during her wedding on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, April 1, 1979.
![Rocket, a shih tzu co-owned by famed and infamous heiress...]()
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Rocket, a shih tzu co-owned by famed and infamous heiress Patty Hearst, is inspected by a judge during the toy group competition at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Feb. 16, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Rocket won the toy group.
![Patty Hearst, second from left, is sandwiched between bodyguards as...]()
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Patty Hearst, second from left, is sandwiched between bodyguards as she makes her way through the crowd at the Pleasanton minimum-security facility on arrival, May 16, 1978, where Hearst will serve the remainder of a seven-year sentence for bank robbery.
![Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, center, and Emily Harris, left, are...]()
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Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, center, and Emily Harris, left, are taken into the federal building in San Francisco for a appearance in federal court on Sept. 18, 1975. Harris is one of three former members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the radical group known for kidnapping Patricia Hearst.
![Patty Hearst shows off her "Pardon Me" t-shirt following her...]()
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Patty Hearst shows off her "Pardon Me" t-shirt following her release from federal prison in Pleasanton, Calif. on Feb. 1, 1979. Her fiance Bernard Shaw is at her right.
Famed and infamous heiress Patty Hearst was back in the news after a dog she co-owns won its group at the Westminster Kennel Club show. A shih tzu called Rocket was picked as the top toy dog at Madison Square Garden. Hearst, the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, gained notoriety in 1974 when she was kidnapped by the radical Symbionese Liberation Army. She was seen holding a machine gun while robbing a California bank, and later spent almost two years in prison. Her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. President Bill Clinton gave her a full pardon.
