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social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > offenders > prisoners > Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

contexts > named groups > persons > prisoners > Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

... > criminology > penology > prisons and correctional facilities > prisoners > Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

Definition

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were both convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the United States for the Soviet Union in 1950. They were executed three years later. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Rosenberg, Ethel (1915–1953) and Julius (1918–1953)]

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prisoners

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people

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Ethel_and_Julius_Rosenberg

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