Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, who became internationally known for events following her 1974 kidnapping and physical violation by a domestic American terrorist group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army. Hearst was found nineteen months after being abducted, by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious crimes. She was held in custody, despite speculation that her family\'s resources would prevent her from spending time in jail. At her trial the prosecution suggested that she had joined the Symbionese Liberation Army of her own volition, a claim that conflicted with Hearst\'s own account that she had been raped and threatened with death. In 1976 she was convicted for the crime of bank robbery and sentenced to 35 years in prison. Hearst\'s sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter and she was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton.\n', '

Hearst\'s grandfather, William Randolph Hearst, created the largest newspaper, magazine, newsreel and movie business in the world. Her great-grandmother was philanthropist Phoebe Hearst. The family was associated with immense political influence and anti-Communism going back to before World War II.\n', '

Hearst was born in San Francisco, California,[a] the third of five daughters of Randolph Apperson Hearst and Catherine Wood Campbell. She grew up primarily in Hillsborough. She attended Crystal Springs School for Girls in Hillsborough and the Santa Catalina School in Monterey. Patty attended Menlo College in Atherton, California prior to transferring to the University of California, Berkeley. Despite her wealthy grandfather, Patty Hearst\'s father was only one of a number of heirs, and did not have control of the Hearst interests. Her parents did not consider it necessary to take any measures for her personal security. At the time of her abduction, she was a sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley, studying art history, and living with her fiancé, Steven Weed.\n', '

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