4. Patty Hearst
In 1974, 19-year-old heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped from her Berkeley apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a radical group aiming to incite a guerrilla war against the U.S. government. During her captivity, she was allegedly brainwashed and coerced into participating in criminal activities. On April 15, 1974, Hearst was photographed wielding an assault rifle during an SLA bank robbery in San Francisco. Her subsequent trial and conviction sparked national debate over the psychological effects of captivity and the concept of Stockholm syndrome. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter commuted her sentence after she served 22 months in prison. She was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton. (fbi.gov)
