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Article: Rosenbergs Trial
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- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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ROSENBERGS TRIAL
In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for helping the Soviet Union acquire the secrets to the atomic bomb from the United States during world war ii. Judge Irving R. Kaufman, who presided at the trial, sentenced the Rosenbergs to death after concluding that their "betrayal
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altered the course of history to the disadvantage of [the United States]." The Rosenbergs maintained their innocence from the time of their arrest until they were executed. Their two sons, Michael and Robert Meeropol, have spent much of their adult lives attempting to clear their parents' names.
Morton Sobell (born April 11, ...