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Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison after being convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.

Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Their execution was a highly controversial Cold War-era event that intensified anti-communist sentiment and raised enduring debates about due process, espionage prosecutions, and the federal death penalty.

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