Submitted by Crankpot, Mar 2, 2007 14:05

Pollard's defenders, like all criminal defenders, look for someone with a similar crime who has a lower sentence and asks, "Why can't he get the same thing?" Most other people would ask, "What didn't that other person get more time?" Maybe they admitted their guilt (even if self-serving) or maybe they offered up some other party for conviction. But to look for those with a lighter sense makes as much sense as requesting an acquittal because a person who did the same crime got off on a technicality.

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