The purpose of this site is to educate and persuade readers that action is required to help reopen and reverse the Rosenberg/Sobell case. We hope that after visiting this site, people will spread the word about the case, make a donation to the NCRRC, and/or contact the government. This is important, to save America's freedom of speech and freedom of press! (See N.Y. Times, below.)

     June 19, 1953 is a never-to-be forgotten date in American history. On that day Julius and Ethel Rosenberg died in Sing Sing's electric chair on the frame-up charge of committing espionage for the Soviet Union. The Rosenberg case was unprecedented in the use of the death penalty; never before nor since in American civil court history has there been an execution for espionage or the lesser offense for which the jury found the Rosenbergs guilty, "conspiracy to commit espionage".

     In America, defendants must be apprised of the charges against them and afforded the opportunity to reply in a court of law. This right of confrontation is guaranteed in all democracies. Yet, the Rosenbergs were denied this right. In Judge Kaufman's sentencing statement seven days after the trial ended, he "justified" the death penalty by saying that the Rosenbergs "put the A-bomb into the hands of the Russians", were guilty of "treason" and starting the war in Korea - crimes for which they were not tried and never convicted, yet unjustly sentenced! Shouldn't this command review by  justice-lovers? 

     In America, people are innocent until proven guilty in a fair trial. The Rosenberg trial was anything but a fair trial. Open anti-Communist bias by Judge Kaufman contaminated the jury selection process. Documents, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the FBI indicate that Kaufman agreed before the trial to use the death sentences, and that he unlawfully conferred with the prosecuting attorneys, ex parte, without defense attorneys present, throughout the trial, and in his final determination of the defendants' sentences. Kaufman lied, in denying this, while passing sentence!

    In America, witnesses should not be threatened and cajoled into committing perjury. For the prosecution, the ends should not justify the means, and they should seek justice, not conviction. Recently, David Greenglass (the prosecution's key witness) admitted on television and in print that he committed perjury at the trial, and was encouraged to do so by the government! It was this false testimony that led to Ethel Rosenberg's conviction and execution, and, most likely, to Julius'! Murder by the government!

     In America, defendants have a right to a fair appeal process after conviction in a court of law. Yet, in the Rosenberg case, the Supreme Court, for the first time in its history,  overturned a stay of execution by one of its justices. FBI documents show that this unprecedented action was the result of collusion between the Attorney General of the United States and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In fact, despite its importance, this case was never actually reviewed by the Supreme Court! Collusion or Conspiracy!

    In America, defendants should be tried by due process in a court of law, not in the media! The government used the media to convince Americans that the Rosenbergs gave the secret of the A-bomb to the Soviets. Since there was so much anti-Communist feeling in America, the Rosenbergs, being communists, were in essence guilty before the trial began! The government's strategy was successful then and continues to this day. At present, many people wrongly believe the Rosenbergs were atom spies - a crime for which they were never indicted, and for which there was no evidence at their trial!