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Rosenberg

SOURCE: Fox News
12-21-16

Legal scholars claim new evidence shows Ethel Rosenberg was innocent in infamous spy case

The Seton Hall Law Center uncovered an internal FBI memo dating July 17, 1950 that determined there was “insufficient evidence” to arrest her.

8-31-15

Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg? No. Apologize for Her Execution? Yes.

by Lori Clune

In imposing the death penalty that federal officials committed a cruel and unjust act, no matter her guilt as an aware spectator of her husband's spying.