Badge of Shame: Jonathan Pollard Turns 60 Behind Bars


The victim of US vengefulness who transferred secret data to Israel is in
his 29th year of incarceration.


By Gil Ronen - Arutz Sheva News - August 7, 2014


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Jonathan Pollard turned 60 this week, according to both the Hebrew and
Gregorian calendars.

He was arrested by FBI agents in 1985 and has been held in jail ever since,
including eight years in solitary confinement.

Former president Shimon Peres said in June, that US government attorneys
will consider a deal to release Pollard from prison. Peres said that he had
discussed Pollard's case with US President Barack Obama in their meeting,
and Obama said that the US Attorney General would consider an “offer” Peres
said he had mentioned to Obama.

Prior to Peres' arrival, on his last official visit to Washington as
president, the Office of the President had submitted an official request to
the White House to advance Pollard’s release.

“I made a specific offer, but I won't go into details,” Peres told
reporters, adding that he had discussed the offer with Pollard family
members before presenting it to Obama. “If I give too many details it will
just ruin things,” Peres said, adding that Obama had agreed to weigh the
offer. “I can't say that he responded positively on the spot. I don't want
to add to what he said, which was that the US Attorney General would become
involved,” Peres said.

At about the same time, Senior American legal scholars wrote a letter to
Obama, petitioning him to commute Pollard's sentence and free him.

The letter argues "such commutation is more than warranted if the ends of
justice are to be served, the rule of law respected and simple humanity
secured."

Those signing the letter calling for the release of Pollard include six
Harvard Law School professors, among them Alan Dershowitz, along with
Canadian law professor emeritus and former Minister of Justice and Attorney
General of Canada Irwin Cotler.

In the letter, the legal experts note the usual sentence for Pollard's
offence of "conveying classified information to a foreign government" is six
to eight years, with the average actual jail time standing at a mere two to
four years.

Pollard's life sentence is "excessive, grossly disproportionate, unfair and
unjust," argues the letter.

See Also:

Video: Top US Officials: Free Pollard Now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e_OqB0lQeM


Brief Comprehensive Update: http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2013/122113b.htm


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