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OutNow

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26. Ethel Rosenberg was innocent

Reply to Botany (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 06:10 PM

Oct 2025

Documents released in the 1990s showed that Ethel Rosenberg was innocent of the crimes she was charged with and was added to the case in order to pressure her husband to plead guilty. If you're interested in learning more about the case google "the Venona papers"

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