Crime and Punishment: Rosenberg Case

The criminal case that I will be examining is that of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The Rosenbergs were charged with conspiring with each other as well as other conspirators. One of these was an agent of the Soviet Union. The Rosenbergs allegedly conspired with this agent in delivering information to the Soviet Union that was vital to the defense of our country. I will exam this case to see whether the Rosenbergs were rightly punished because of the crime they committed or if the government used primitive bias as a substitute proof for motive in sentencing them to death. I will also address a larger issue of this time period in regards to the Rosenberg case, Communism. I will look to see if the Rosenbergs alleged belief in Communism was a motive for them to conspire to commit espionage or if the United States fear of Communism at the doomed the Rosenbergs from the beginning of their trial.
First, we must look at who Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were and the events that led up t...