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1953 US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas stays the executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day, their 14th anniversary.
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"The execution was delayed from the originally scheduled date of June 18, because Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas had granted a stay of execution on the previous day. That stay resulted from the intervention in the case by Fyke Farmer, a Tennessee lawyer whose efforts had previously been met with scorn from the Rosenbergs' attorney, Emanuel Hirsch Bloch.[43]
On June 18, the court was called back into special session to dispose of Douglas's stay rather than let the execution be delayed for months while the appeal that was the basis of the stay wended its way through the lower courts. The court did not vacate Douglas's stay until noon on Friday, June 19. The execution was now scheduled for 11 p.m. that evening, which was after the start of the Jewish Sabbath.[44] The Rosenbergs' lawyer, Emmanual Bloch, desperately played for more time and filed a complaint that this offended their Jewish heritage. This argument was also made in front of Judge Kaufman by attorney Rhoda Laks, who was also part of the Rosenberg defense team.[45] The play backfired and the execution was rescheduled for 8 pm, which was before sunset and earlier than 11 pm., which was the regular time for executions at Sing Sing.[46] "
From the article:
"The execution was delayed from the originally scheduled date of June 18, because Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas had granted a stay of execution on the previous day. That stay resulted from the intervention in the case by Fyke Farmer, a Tennessee lawyer whose efforts had previously been met with scorn from the Rosenbergs' attorney, Emanuel Hirsch Bloch.[43]
On June 18, the court was called back into special session to dispose of Douglas's stay rather than let the execution be delayed for months while the appeal that was the basis of the stay wended its way through the lower courts. The court did not vacate Douglas's stay until noon on Friday, June 19. The execution was now scheduled for 11 p.m. that evening, which was after the start of the Jewish Sabbath.[44] The Rosenbergs' lawyer, Emmanual Bloch, desperately played for more time and filed a complaint that this offended their Jewish heritage. This argument was also made in front of Judge Kaufman by attorney Rhoda Laks, who was also part of the Rosenberg defense team.[45] The play backfired and the execution was rescheduled for 8 pm, which was before sunset and earlier than 11 pm., which was the regular time for executions at Sing Sing.[46] "
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MSG Stan Hutchison
I believe you are correct. I think there was far more to this case than what was made public.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/julius-and-ethel-rosenberg-executed
While there was significant evidence against him, there was virtually none against her.
While there was significant evidence against him, there was virtually none against her.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a married couple convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951, were put to death in the electric chair on June 19, 1953. Their dual execution marked the dramatic finale of the most controversial espionage case of the Cold War.
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