THE ROSENBERG CASE Declared the “espionage trial of the century”, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were accused, convicted, and executed on the basis that they passed the secrets of the Atomic Bomb to the Soviets (Okun pg5). Their execution took place on June 19, 1953 in New York’s Sing Sing Prison by way of the electric chair( pg5). Their conviction and immediate death sentence sparked controversy and division among the people of America and the people of …showed first 75 words of 1972 total…

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