Jonathan Pollard speaks during an interview at the Federal Correction Institution in Butner, N.C. in this May 15, 1998, photo. Eighteen years into a life prison term, Pollard, a convicted spy, is struggling in the U.S. court system to overturn his sentence, reviving a case that has long strained relations between the United States and Israel. A federal appeals court in Washington is scheduled to hear a plea Tuesday, March 15, 2005, from Pollard's lawyers _ and will consider the Justice Department's rebuttal that Pollard got what he deserved. (AP Photo/ Karl DeBlaker)