[Alberta's Child]

Probably nothing. His refusal to apply for parole is likely based on one or both of the following:

1. If he applies for parole he is implicitly acknowledging that he was guilty of the crimes.

2. If he's paroled he would still have to live under the supervision of the Federal justice system and probably won't be able to travel outside the country. He may consider himself at risk in the U.S. if he's not in custody behind bars.

[Stepan12]

Their may be another reason in that it may be an absolutely useless exercise to apply for parole. Weinberger and maybe the Justice Department asked that Pollard not be paroled and parole boards do not usually go against what the government recommends.

They didn't do it with the Walker spy ring and they won't do it with Pollard either