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A Long Enough Sentence

Submitted by Batya Osterbach, Mar 2, 2007 10:15

Jonathan Pollard's jail sentence is most unusual and disturbing. Someone in the United States judicial system should be brave enough to admit the mistake and correct it immediately.


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Claude Bogardus 

Mar 3, 2007 16:51

Jonathan Pollard's jail sentence is most unusual and disturbing. Someone in the United States judicial system should be brave enough...

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Mar 2, 2007 14:05

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Mar 3, 2007 14:51

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