[Rosenberg Pair; 6-20-1953]
Image: A Collector's Newspaper clipping: June 29th, 1953
Evidently, looks like things have changed since 1953 (Eisenhower) concerning betrayal of our country. This couple would have been granted clemency if was as lenient as our 2005 judicial system.
(They would now have been in their 70's- 80's.)
We live in a world today, of lengthy trials and plea bargains.
Sadly it is that betrayal, in many cases, often becomes a backdrop for freedom of expression.
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U.S. Based Islamic Scholar Gets Life for Encouraging Followers to Fight After Sept. 11 Attacks
AP- Matthew Barakat; 7/13/05
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A prominent U.S.-based Islamic scholar who exhorted his followers after the Sept. 11 attacks to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. More of story:
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