March 29 - Today in Legal History

March 29, 1951 - Rosenbergs Are Spies

Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage for providing secrets on the construction of the atom bomb to the Soviet Union. They will be sentenced to death and executed at New York's Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 1953.

Related Resources:

• Audio: Domestic Spying (Justice Talking)
• Capital Punishment and the Death Penalty (FindLaw)
• The Atom Spy Case (FBI)
• FBI Files: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (FBI)