I'm not suggesting a backroom deal couldn't have been made with the judge. My point was that the Weinberger memo did provide him a basis to break the deal, if true. I have zero sympathy for Pollard, but given the fact that his sentence is nearly over, I think the important issue becomes what happened, and why. And no, the judge doesn't get a pass on that. But like even the attorney who "forgot" to file an appeal, they're not the important historical issue. That becomes what the memo said, and when did the powers at be know many of the charges alleged to be in the memo were false. If Pollard did out our agents in Europe, info he had no access to, should we be calling for the release of Ames (Pollard's investigator) and Hansen? They confessed to providing the names.
Personally I'd have shed no tears had Pollard died in prison, he's not guilty of treason, but in common usage of the word, he's a traitor. But I suspect there were more serious systemic issues underlying the 30 year Pollard saga.
You're correct, this was likely a 3 to 5 year crime. I'm not sure if you're correct about the declassification of the memorandum, but that could well have happened in the last couple years.
Here is a link to Aaron Klein’s WND.com article from February, which he pretty much repeated on his radio show last Sunday. It hopefully will clarify some of the facts.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/exposed-secret-memo-reveals-pollard-sentence-a-sham/