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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg  

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  • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were the only American citizens ever tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the crime of conspiracy to commit espionage. Never in the history of the U.S. civil court had the death penalty been applied in a case of this nature. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KW7F3JD6-W

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