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U.S. will parole Jonathan Pollard in November after 30 years in prison as a spy for Israel

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U.S. will parole Jonathan Pollard in November after 30 years in prison as a spy for Israel
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 2:22 PM EDT

Jonathan J. Pollard, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1985 for passing classified documents to the Israeli government, will be released on parole in November after 30 years in prison, a government panel decided on Tuesday.

Mr. Pollard’s lawyers announced the decision of the United States Parole Commission on Tuesday afternoon, and officials at the Department of Justice confirmed that Mr. Pollard had been granted parole.

Mr. Pollard, 60, had been scheduled for a mandatory parole in November, but could have been kept in prison for years longer if the United States government had objected to his release, citing concerns about an ongoing threat to national security.

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