Patty Hearst trial

The Patty Hearst Trial The Patty Hearst trial is a well-known criminal case originally tried in the 1970s. Wesley Walker and I reenacted the Patty Hearst case as the prosecuting attorneys. In this case there were several facts we had to provide to the jury in order to effectively prosecute this case. Patty was on trial for the use of an assault weapon to commit felony bank robbery, and we had to prove to the …

…prosecution because I do feel that Patty was brainwashed by the SLA. Throughout the project I had leave my personal feelings aside and approach the case as if I believed she was guilty. I feel as if I did a pretty good job of convincing everyone that I believed she was guilty. Like the book, The Power of Persuasion, says, “how people perceive a persuader is not necessarily what he really is” (Hazel,15). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**