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Patty's whole tale, the prosecutor said, was "just too big a pill to swallow." He asked the jurors if they would accept the "incredible story" of the robbery "from anyone but Patricia Hearst. If you wouldn't, don't accept it from her either." Browning concluded with a quote cited in several Supreme Court decisions that had a grim, Old Testament ring. He hoped, he said, "that guilt shall not escape or innocence suffer...
...have a covenant with death," Bailey said in a voice that had grown husky as the trial went on. "We all are going to die, and we know it. We're all going to postpone that date as long as we can. And Patty Hearst did that, and that is why she is here and you are here...
...first row of seats, Catherine Hearst-her face red and puffy from crying-suddenly rose as the judge talked on. Wiping her eyes with a tissue, she walked quickly out of the courtroom and stood hesitantly in the hallway until an official escorted her to an elevator. "I'm afraid I chickened out," Mrs. Hearst told a newsman. "I didn't do too well...
Then Patty Hearst was led out of the courtroom to wait while the jurors began to discuss and debate her claim that she had been compelled to commit the crime. It did not take the jury long to decide that Patty, alias Tania, was not telling the truth...
Where did Patty Hearst's defense go wrong? Or did it go wrong at all-since the defendant might still be exonerated on appeal? Not surprisingly, lawyers and psychiatrists interviewed by TIME disagreed on most points-except one. Many believed that the trial could have established some important precedents on the complex issue of human motivation and its effect on criminal behavior, but failed...