A U.S. appeals court is giving Jonathan Pollard a chance to appeal his life sentence. An American Jew convicted for selling U.S. intelligence secrets to Israel, Pollard will be allowed to present his case to a three-judge panel later this year. “This is a significant development for Jonathan Pollard, and the effort that we have made to get justice for him,” his attorney, Jacques Semmelman, said June 10.
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