Irving Kaufman's Arguments Against The Rosenbergs

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During the Cold War, America and the Soviet Union were competing to develop more sophisticated weaponry than each other. Because of this, Americans dreaded the Soviet Union. They also feared communism– which according to Achieve 3000’s passage,“Case Against Rosenberg Falls Apart”,“It is the political theory that the Soviet’s lived by” (1). Also according to Achieve 3000, “The Americans thought that the Soviet Union had spies that were in the midst of the American people” (1). This fear lead to many precautions that the government made to prevent the American people from fearing the Soviet Union which was called the “Red Scare”.

mysteries which occurred in 1953 was the electrocution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg under the Espionage Act. They were convicted for giving the secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. The anti-communist sentiment that characterized the Cold War and McCarthyism led to their trial and execution. Even though there is some evidence of the Rosenbergs' guilt, numerous facts which were discovered after the death of Ethel and Julius argue more convincingly that they were innocent victims of Cold War hysteria.

David was arrested three days later for being suspected in being involved in espionage. They proclaimed their innocence while in prison and more than two years later while waiting for their execution. The trial started in February 1951, with the government charging Julius for recruiting David to spy at Los Alamos, and charging Ethel for being a participant in his activities. Irving R. Kaufman was the judge for the trial and Irving Saypol was the lead attorney. According to Ronald Radosh (1983), as stated in his book, The Rosenberg File: A Search for Truth, Saypol, with a strong opinion against Communism, said as his opening argument that the defendants “have committed the most serious crime which can be committed against the people of this country. They conspired to deliver to the Soviet Union the weapons the Soviet Union would use to destroy us” (pp. ??). Emmanuel Bloch was the Rosenbergs’ defendant and John O. Rogge was the Greenglasses’ defendant. Saypol attacked the Rosenbergs with prosecutions of treason as he continued in his opening arguments, then started interrogating the witness, David Greenglass. He questioned him about the drawings and the request from Julius to spy at

Amidst the frenzy of the cold war, Americans turned frigid towards anyone who supported communism. Among those prosecuted were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Julius was a member of the communist party in his youth, and was fired from the United States Army when they found out about his past political beliefs. Two years later he rejoined the communist party, and convinced his wife to join as well. On July 17, 1950, Julius Rosenberg was arrested for spying and providing Russia with secrets about the atomic bomb; accused by David Greenglass, former business partner and brother in law. Ethel Rosenberg was arrested on August 11, 1950 and Morton Sobell was also arrested shortly after, both for aiding Julius’s espionage activities. The three defendants refused to answer questions about the communist party, pleading the fifth amendment, but denied the other charges. The trial ended, and the jury found the three guilty of espionage, and the Rosenbergs were sentenced to death, and Sobell to 30 years in prison. There were appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, and one was almost accepted, but lost by a single vote. The Rosenbergs were killed by electrocution on June 19, 1953, and are the only civilians to have their lives be ended for the crime of espionage. Citizens of the

The article "Why in America" by Nathan Rosenberg, we learn how manufacturing was important impact on America during the nineteenth century. America was primarily borrowed the European technology and the rate of technical change increased. There were three major reasons why american manufacturing has increased rapidly. The three reasons of rapid increase of American industries were the increase of population growth, larger amount of natural resources, and specialized machines.

Elias Abraham Rosenberg (c. 1810 – 1887) was an adviser to King Kalākaua of Hawaii. He had lived in San Francisco in the 1880s, working as a peddler and selling illegal lottery tickets. In 1886, he traveled to Hawaii and performed as a fortune-teller. Endearing himself to the king with favorable predictions, he received lavish gifts and was appointed as a kahuna-kilokilo (royal soothsayer), customs appraiser, and guard. Rosenberg and the king enjoyed talking and drinking together, but he was distrusted by other royal advisers and satirized in the Hawaiian press. He encouraged the king to revive the traditional Hawaiian religion, an idea that fascinated Kalākaua but angered political rivals. In 1887 Rosenberg returned to California; a month

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The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg started on March 6, 1951; she was convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage on March 29, 1951. Judge Irving Kaufman sentenced them to death in the electric chair on April 5, 1951 (Goldstein). The death penalty of both parties sparked outrage- many said it was unjust and cruel to orphan the Rosenberg’s two young sons (Radosh) and that there was not

The federal government began the investigation through potential affiliations between American Communists and secretive messages and discussions to Russia about the United States atomic bomb intelligence. Eventually, a New York couple Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were associated with the spy group. The former Communist couple were lead to trail immediately and showcased as the crime of the century. The Rosenberg case created a drastic change with the Soviet network of spies in the United States. By the order of federal judge Irving Kaufman, the Rosenbergs were sentenced to

With little evidence the government tried to convict him and eventually did so on perjury (McCarthy and McCarthyism, Digital History). The second case deals with a conspiracy to commit espionage by a couple, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. They were accused for spying for the Soviet Union. They maintained their innocence but

Roy Cohn openly admits his direct hand in her execution, almost making it seem that it was not as much a legal process but his own personal sense of vengeance that had her executed, “Well, if it wasn’t for me, Joe, Ethel Rosenberg would be alive today...” (2.4.6). Roy Cohn makes his feelings very clear when he says, “I pleased till I wept to put her in the chair. Me, I did that. I’d have fucking pulled the switch if they let me. Why? Because I fucking hate traitors. Because I fucking hate communists. Was it legal? Fuck legal! Am i nice man? Fuck nice!”

I feel Rosenberg has done an extremely thorough job in presenting his case and disproving his constructed opposition, but as with any writing: it is not perfect, problems are not unilateral, and analysis will always contain some of the author 's biases. The social change someone sees is dependent on how and what they consider social progress. I think this book and the type of critical thinking it both employes and inspires is necessary to the study of law and society, but it is certainly not the last book that needs to be written on the subject. I see this book as at the least being part of the groundwork for the study of modern American law, and maybe even broadening the confines of what is seen as productive for generating change in

The lines display Rosenberg's initial response to the outbreak of war and extol the sacrifice of those who have fallen in battle. The speaker calls upon the skies to "flame out" so as to "welcome our brave" and to "give what they gave." The heroes did not hesitate to give their lives when asked to, and the speaker appeals to the skies to do the same and to give their lives back. This reading makes use of a combination of the conceptual metaphors LIFE IS A POSSESSION and LIFE IS A CONCRETE OBJECT. The soldiers' lives are conceived of as properties they once possessed till they willingly gave to their countries. But according to Lakoff and Turner (1989, p. 38), when a precious possession is taken, it is taken away forever. Rosenberg goes beyond

we read him as referring by the “immortal darkness” to death, the eternal darkness of death. Rosenberg associates death with rain, which begins to fall when “blind fingers loose an iron cloud.” The expression “blind fingers” may refer to the government that blindly sends innocent men to their demise or even to the soldiers who are programmed to be killing machines, and the “iron cloud” is a metaphorical representation of shells and other tools of death, which are projected towards destroying the men on the front line, causing their “strong eyes” to get blinded by the “immortal