Rosenbergs
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<br>- Julius was a Soviet spy
<br>- the evidence against Ethel was flimsy
<br>- judge & prosecutor were overzealous and broke the law themselves
<br>- the only people in American history executed for spying
<br>- others found guilty of similar crimes drew far lighter sentences
<br>- it was not a time of war, yet even Tokyo Rose in WW2 got only 6 years
<br>- climate of rabid anti-Communism
<br>- assimilationist desire of professional Jews to demonstrate their loyalty by sacrificing two of their radical working-class brethren
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