bobbyw24
08-17-2011, 06:21 PM
There are several reasons why justice demands that Israel's Jonathan Pollard — given a life sentence for spying on the United States for Israel — be commuted to time served and that he be immediately released.
The first is a legal and constitutional argument. Pollard, an NIS intel analyst convicted in 1987, waived his right to trial by jury in exchange for a promise by the government that it would not seek life imprisonment. The government broke that promise.
It submitted a perjured affidavit by then Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger demanding life imprisonment and overstating the damage that Pollard had caused. This was a direct breach of the plea bargain.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/jonathan-pollard-israel-spy/2011/08/17/id/407736
The first is a legal and constitutional argument. Pollard, an NIS intel analyst convicted in 1987, waived his right to trial by jury in exchange for a promise by the government that it would not seek life imprisonment. The government broke that promise.
It submitted a perjured affidavit by then Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger demanding life imprisonment and overstating the damage that Pollard had caused. This was a direct breach of the plea bargain.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/jonathan-pollard-israel-spy/2011/08/17/id/407736