No lawyer is crazy enough to guarantee that the plea bargain will be 100% accepted by the Court. This is any competent lawyer uses “legaleze” to ensure the client understands that past success is no guarantee for results in the case at hand.
By all reports Pollard and the Feds came to a valid plea bargain. The prosecution did nothing to interfere or scuttle the deal. It was only through the personal intervention by an outside party made to the Court that caused the rejection of the agreement.
Therefore, the recent ruling has no bearing on Pollard’s case.