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Pardon Jonathan Pollard or Commute his sentence to time served

Created by N.K. on September 26, 2011

Dear Mr. President:
As a President who has expressed his strong determination to restore honor to American democracy, I would like to call your attention to the case of Jonathan Pollard and to request that you exercise your power of executive clemency to commute Jonathan Pollard's sentence to time-served.
Jonathan Pollard is currently serving his 26th year of a life sentence even though the median sentence for the offense he was indicted for is 2 to 4 years.
Jonathan Pollard never had a trial. He entered into a plea agreement, which spared both the U.S. and Israeli governments a long, difficult, expensive and potentially embarrassing trial. Jonathan Pollard fulfilled his end of the plea agreement, cooperating fully with the prosecution.
Jonathan Pollard was indicted on only one charge: on

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