Joanne Palmer

Pollard’s lawyer reflects on case

On Monday, Jonathan Pollard's long legal struggle ended.
Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review an appeal court's decision. The convicted spy's lawyers will not have any access to the classified sentencing documents they hoped to use in a clemency plea to President George W. Bush.

"This was the last resort for Pollard within the legal system," said one of those lawyers, Jacques Semmelman of Bergen County. "The legal issues have been concluded. Any hope for him now has to come through political channels."