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Letter to : President Barack Obama

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Honorable President Barack Obama:   

I write to you pleading for the release of Jonathan Pollard. 

I am well aware that Jonathan Pollard was charged with spying for the benefit of Israel. At the same time it is important to recognize that Mr. Pollard was not charged with treason or spying for an enemy country or even endangering the United States or its Citizens. Generally a person convicted of spying for a friendly country receives a 2-4 year sentence. 

Never in the history of our country did a person convicted of one count of passing classified information receive a sentence as harsh as Jonathan Pollard. Something went terribly wrong in Jonathan Pollard’s case. He has been in prison for more than 23 years. 

Jonathan Pollard has repeatedly expressed his remorse publicly and in private letters to the President and others. He regrets having broken the law, and is sorry he did not find a legal means to act upon his concerns for Israel. He has served more than an adequate sentence and he poses no threat to the United States or her allies.

Please review the facts of the Jonathan Pollard case and use the power of your office to commute  his sentence to time served. His case cries out loudly for a commutation of the sentence to time served.

Respectfully,

Before you sign, read what others say.......

We appeal to you as President of the greatest power on earth . . . to grant clemency to Jonathan Pollard who has been incarcerated for more than twenty years.

–RAV YOSEF SHALOM ELYASHIV, SHLITA
–RAV ARON LEIB SCHTEINMAN, SHLITA

My view is that 20 years is enough . . . and at this point I think he’s served long enough.

–JAMES WOOLSEY, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CIA

I support clemency only if three conditions are met: no danger is posed to society, real contrition is shown and the sentence is disproportionate to others who have committed similar crimes. Pollard fits that bill.

–CHARLES SCHUMER, NY SENATOR

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