Experts puzzled to aghast over reversal.
Sentence was extra-judicially extended in the first place by 6 years. Now some one with the power to revoke parole has caved to external pressure.
Would you know who that could be Governor Gropenator?
Excerpt LA Times story "Sara Jane Olson re-arrested ":
Olson's husband and an official from the Corrections Department told her that [she] was being taken to a prison in Frontera. She said she was outraged by the action and asserted that her client had been illegally arrested and is now being "illegally imprisoned."
This appears to be California's Institute for Women in Corona (which was later renamed Frontera Prison when locals objected to the name of their city appearing on a prison). I could not find a city of Frontera within CA and seemingly withing the US. So I'm guessing someone confused the name of the prison for a name of a city.
According to Wikipedia sources CIW, Corona (Frontera Prison) houses three Manson family women (Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houton, and Patricia Krenwinkle) in life sentences (from which they seek to gain parole every few years). I'm sure the raving right wingers will be happy to know that.
Another SLA member, Emily Harris, served her earlier prison term at Frontera, organizing better visitation rights for children of inmates. I'm not finding information on where Harris is serving her term for killing a 42 year old mother in a botched robbery of a Sacramento bank but reportedly will be released next year, and she actually killed someone, unlike Mrs. Olson.
You can read the Times report at link above for the general facts that are being releasing. It is more complete, than many reports on this.
Hopefully in a few days we'll learn more about what really happened.