Pollard was sentenced to life imprisonment for passing intelligence information to Israel when he worked in the Pentagon as a civilian Naval analyst.
Pollard’s lawyer argued that they were denied access to secret documents on which the production based their case. The District of Columbia three-member court ruled as "nonsensical" Pollard's argument that he did not realize mistakes made by his lawyers during the original trial.
“Pollard knew the facts," Judge David Sentelle wrote in the decision. "What he now claims not to have known is the legal significance of these facts."
Pollard's lawyer, Eliot Lauer, said that he would consider filing a request for a rehearing from the full Appeals Court, or appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"We hope that in time the American judicial system will give Jonathan
Pollard his rightful day in court and that justice will be done," Lauer
said.
Pollard, who will turn 51 next month, was caught in November 1985 and arrested after unsuccessfully seeking refuge at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. He is serving his sentence at a federal penitentiary in Butner, N.C.
Pollard’s lawyer argued that they were denied access to secret documents on which the production based their case. The District of Columbia three-member court ruled as "nonsensical" Pollard's argument that he did not realize mistakes made by his lawyers during the original trial.
“Pollard knew the facts," Judge David Sentelle wrote in the decision. "What he now claims not to have known is the legal significance of these facts."
Pollard's lawyer, Eliot Lauer, said that he would consider filing a request for a rehearing from the full Appeals Court, or appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"We hope that in time the American judicial system will give Jonathan
Pollard his rightful day in court and that justice will be done," Lauer
said.
Pollard, who will turn 51 next month, was caught in November 1985 and arrested after unsuccessfully seeking refuge at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. He is serving his sentence at a federal penitentiary in Butner, N.C.