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  Does an espionage conviction count for anything these days?
  
  Apparently 80% of a 25 year sentence in federal prison and 5 years of monitored parole.
context: after she spent more than two decades behind bars.
    in 2002 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage after she was accused of using her leading position as a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) official to leak information
  
  Followed by:
  
  On her release from prison, Urbino had ordered Montes should be placed under supervision for five years, with her internet access monitored and a ban from working for governments and contacting foreign agents without permission
  
  Does an espionage conviction count for anything these days?