Rosenbergs: The Rosenberg Trial

Many people thought that the Rosenbergs did not get a fair trial for a number of reasons. People thought that Ethel shouldn’t have even been prosecuted at all. There Camp 4

was no solid evidence against her and it was obvious that her brother and his wife had turned against her just to save themselves. The trial was a media sensation all over the world and it was difficult to get competent lawyers to handle their cases. Most of the top lawyers did not want to take on the federal government in a spy trial. Fear also kept some scientists from testifying that the information that Greenglass and Julius had given the sovets had already been obtained from other spies at Los Alamos. “Some observers argued
“The only emotion was displayed by Ethel.” (Lee. 3) As shed entered the room she shook hand with mrs. Helen evans, the matron, and then she hugged and kissed her. She made no last remark. She was pronounced dead at 8:11. In summary, the Rosenberg trial was a world wide media event back in 1951. Obviously, early in Julius’ life, he learned not to trust the American justice system. Some of his theories were real, some were not, but he was heavily influenced by stories of injustice. When he met his wife, she also shared a mistrust of the American system and believed that the Soviets had a better way of dealing with the strains of helping a nation get back on its feet. Since the Cold War has ended, many new facts have come up which clearly show that, “the Rosenbergs were Soviet spies, and not minor ones either.” (Robash. 51). They tried their best to steal top atomic secrets from the Manhattan Project. They were successful in turning over to the Russians top military data on both sonar and radar projects. Russia used this information to shoot down American planes in korea and Vietnam. There was solid evidence that Julius had met with his Russian partner, Slexander Feklisov over fifty times during a three year