Sara Jane Olson

Who is Sara Jane Olson?

Sara Jane Olson, formerly Kathleen Ann Soliah, was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army in the 1970s. She grew up in Palmdale, California, the daughter of Norwegian-American parents, Elsie Soliah and Palmdale High School English teacher and coach Martin Soliah. She has lived much of her life under the alias Sara Jane Olson, which is now her legal name. In 2001, she pled guilty to two counts of possessing explosives with intent to murder stemming from her SLA activities in the 1970s. She was mistakenly released for five days in March 2008 due to an error made in calculating her parole before being rearrested. She was finally released on parole on March 17, 2009.