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Is It Reasonable To Assume That Someone Who Has Been Locked In A Closet For 57 Days After Being Kidnapped And Brutalized, Raped, Abused, Then They Say You're Going To Rob A Bank?

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Is It Reasonable To

Patty Hearst

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Is It Reasonable To Assume That Someone Who Has Been Locked In A Closet For 57 Days After Being Kidnapped And Brutalized, Raped, Abused, Then They Say You're Going To Rob A Bank?

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