Ethel Rosenberg

Are we not counting the angels at the end?

I think there's been a rape up there!

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she was guilty so why would Roy feel guilty for convicting her?

Though we are now sure that Julius was guilty, the degree of Ethel's involvement is still unknown, and even the prosecution did not have much confidence in the righteousness of the charges against Ethel. Her inclusion in the indictment was largely a failed attempt to force the naming of others involved, as evidenced by U.S. Deputy Attorney General William P. Rogers's comment, "She called our bluff."

Years later, co-defendant Morton Sobell admitted his and Julius's guilt but said that Ethel did not actively participate in the espionage. Her brother David Greenglass recanted his testimony of Ethel's involvement and said that the prosecution encouraged him to lie to save himself and his wife. We also now know that Greenglass's wife altered her story between the grand jury and the trial in order to implicate Ethel.

Even putting all this aside, there was enough judicial impropriety during the trial (including improper meetings between the judge and the prosecution) to give Roy plenty of reason to feel guilty.


"Please! You're not at home!"

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