Mr. President,
Jonathan Pollard was sentenced to life in prison on one count of espionage on March 4, 1987. The prosecutor complied with the plea agreement and asked for "only a substantial number of years in prison;" Judge Aubrey Robinson, Jr. imposed a life sentence after hearing a "damage-assessment memorandum" from the Secretary of Defense.This was a very rash and unusually cruel sentence as can be seen in other examples of incarcerated spies on America:
- David Henry Barnett. Spied on america for the KGB. Got 18 years.
- William Kampiles. Spied on america for the Soviet Union. Got 19 years.
- Sharon Scranage. She and her boyfriend spied on America for the Ghanaian intelligence. Got 2 years.
It is especially noteworthy that Pollard is the only one to have passed on information to