Entries tagged with “Robert Meeropol”
Policy Issues
Secrecy
,Federal Death Penalty
,Jun 21, 2023
70 Years After Their Executions, Rosenberg Sons Still Looking to Clear Mother’s Name
Seventy years after the executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, their sons, Michael and Robert Meeropol, have renewed their efforts to clear their mother’s name. Just ten and six years old when their parents were executed for federal charges of conspiracy to commit espionage, both men grew up believing in their parents’ innocence. The Rosenbergs remain the only individuals put to death for peacetime espionage in American…