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Richardols
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The Soviet intercepts do not show that she was involved in the espionage.Since you are a lawyer, isn’t it generally accepted that if you help in a murder, you are just as guilty as the person who pulled the trigger?
That’s wrong. Current research, including that of the Venona transcripts, refute that notion.Many people believe that Ethel was the brains of the conspiracy and Julius was a weak follower.
The law they were prosecuted under was for espionage for an enemy during time of war. We were not at war with the Soviet Union at any time.Regardless, both were guilty and the law provided for death.
Roy Cohn was the man who pushed for the death penalty. And, based on the facts, she was not guilty of espionage, though er husband was.
And bent over backwards to prosecute the couple harshly to show that they were “good Jews,” not like the Rosenbergs.As far as the Jewish angle goes, if I remember correctly, the judge, prosecuter, defense attorney, and defendants were all Jewish.
Not if you read the newspapers of the times.Seems kind of hard to blame anti-semitism.
Yes, one wonders why the wife was condemned, while a co-actor wasn’t.Their co-defendant (Gold?, Sobel?) was also Jewish, but not sentenced to death. Wonder why he was spared?