Sentencing Today
The charges against the five former SLA members relate to the April 21, 1975, bank robbery of Crocker National Bank in Carmichael, California, in which Myrna Opsahl -- a 42-year-old mother of four who was depositing money for her church -- was shot and killed.
Opsahl's husband was a doctor who was called to the emergency room that day only to find his wife dead on the operating table.
>I couldn't find a current news story to go with this, but the five former members of the SLA are being sentenced today for this crime. They disappeared in 1975 and lived generally unremarkable lives since until they were captured, put on trial and convicted last year. Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst drove their getaway car and was granted immunity in exchange for testimony. Here's hoping they rot in the slammer...