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===Sentencing and incarceration=== The Pollards' sentencing occurred on March 4, 1987. While the prosecutor, in compliance with the plea agreement, recommended that Pollard receive "only a substantial number of years in prison", Judge [[Aubrey Robinson Jr.]] was not obliged to follow the recommendation. Noting that Pollard had violated multiple conditions of the plea agreement, he imposed a [[life sentence]] on the basis of a classified damage-assessment memorandum submitted by Secretary of Defense [[Caspar Weinberger]].<ref name="Best" /> Pollard was then moved from [[Federal Correctional Complex, Petersburg|FCC Petersburg]] in Virginia, where he had been held since 1986, to a [[United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners|federal prison hospital]] in Springfield, Missouri, to undergo a battery of mental health tests.<ref>Blitzer, ''Territory of Lies'' (1989) p. 273.</ref> In June 1988, he was transferred to [[United States Penitentiary, Marion|USP Marion]] and in 1993 to [[Federal Correctional Institution, Butner Medium|FCI Butner Medium]] at the [[Federal Correctional Complex, Butner|Butner Federal Correction Complex]] in [[North Carolina]]. In May 1991, Pollard asked [[Avi Weiss]] to be his personal rabbi.<ref name="bjpa-article" /> Israeli [[Chief Rabbinate of Israel|Chief Rabbi]] [[Mordechai Eliyahu]] was also an advocate of Pollard, and campaigned for his release from prison.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/rabbi-mordechai-eliyahu-israelrsquos-sephardi-chief-rabbi-who-was-orthodox-in-his-religion-and-2027760.htm/ "Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Israel's Chief Rabbi Who Was Orthodox In His Religion and Radical In His Politics"]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, July 15, 2010; ''Independent''</ref> Anne Pollard was sentenced to five years, but was paroled after three and a half years due to health problems. Pollard filed for divorce after Anne's release. While he reportedly said that he expected to be jailed for the remainder of his life, and did not want Anne to be bound to him, Anne later told a reporter that the divorce papers were served with no warning or explanation of any kind.<ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/pollards-ex-wife-i-dont-understand-why-we-divorced/ "Pollard's ex-wife: I still don't understand why he divorced me"], ''The Times of Israel''. November 20, 2015.</ref> After finalization of his divorce from Anne, Pollard allegedly married Esther "Elaine" Zeitz, a Canadian teacher and activist based in [[Toronto]] who had organized a campaign for his release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jonathanpollard.org/1994/052494.htm|title=Pollard Married In Prison|publisher=Jonathanpollard.org|date=May 25, 1994|access-date=July 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/2005/04/18/life-religion/features/israeli-ambassador-to-visit-pollard|title=Israeli ambassador to visit Pollard|work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]|access-date=August 3, 2015|date=April 18, 2005}}</ref> In 1996, she initiated a public [[hunger strike]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Esther Pollard continues hunger strike|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2670110.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026120624/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2670110.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2012|publisher=[[HighBeam Research]]|access-date=January 3, 2014}}</ref> but ended it 19 days later after meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who pledged to increase his efforts to secure Pollard's release.<ref>Frucht, LE (August 22, 1996): Pollard Ends Hunger Strike After Meeting PM. [http://www.jonathanpollard.org/1996/082296.htm ''The Canadian Jewish News'']. Retrieved July 24, 2015.</ref> Media sources and Pollard family members have questioned whether Pollard and Zeitz ever legally wed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/18884868.html?dids=18884868:18884868&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+08%2C+1996&author=by+Martin+Regg+Cohn+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Torontonian+at+centre+of+espionage+tale+Is+Esther+Pollard+really+the+wife+of+convicted+U.S.+spy%3F&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107213108/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/18884868.html?dids=18884868:18884868&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+08%2C+1996&author=by+Martin+Regg+Cohn+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Torontonian+at+centre+of+espionage+tale+Is+Esther+Pollard+really+the+wife+of+convicted+U.S.+spy%3F&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2011|title=Torontonian at centre of espionage tale Is Esther Pollard really the wife of convicted U.S. spy?|date=December 8, 1996 | work=Toronto Star}}</ref> Prison officials told ''Ha'aretz'' that there is no record of a marriage ceremony having been requested or performed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who is Esther Pollard and Why Does She Misrepresent Herself? |url=http://naturalsolutionsradio.com/blog/natural-solutions-radio/who-esther-pollard-and-why-does-she-misrepresent-herself |website=National Solutions Radio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327072233/http://naturalsolutionsradio.com/blog/natural-solutions-radio/who-esther-pollard-and-why-does-she-misrepresent-herself |archive-date=March 27, 2016 |access-date=March 18, 2016}}</ref> After completing her parole, Anne Pollard emigrated to Israel,<ref name="trutv.com" /> where she lived in Tel Aviv on a government stipend supplemented by occasional private donations.<ref>Pollard's ex-wife: I'm starved for food. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4108470,00.html ynetnews.com], retrieved March 18, 2016.</ref>
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