Jonathan Pollard to be released after serving 30 years

I am well-known as no friend of the state of Israel. But life, or even thirty years in prison for "espionage" strikes me as a typically excessive sentence. The US notoriously overdoes it in the length, severity and harshness of it's sentencing patterns, whether at the state or federal level. Not to mention the sheer NUMBER of people locked up, the majority for non-violent offenses. It's obscene. Mr. Pollard deserves to be released - the best years of his life are already forfeit. Remember the Rosenbergs! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/world/middleeast/jonathan-pollard-spy-for-israel-to-be-released-on-parole-in-november.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0