We've arrived at the finale of our Rosenbergs series, and it isn't looking good. Beginning our story in the middle of the trial, Isaac and Peter discuss how the Rosenbergs kneecapped defense team tried and failed to counter-attack the prosecution's perjury-boosted case. The stage is set to use execution to get Julius to break and name some names.
But it's only months after the death sentence is handed down on Julius and Ethel that the more than 2 year fight to save them for the electric chair begins, with a crew of misfit liberals and leftists at the (deep breath..) Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case. There's a fair bit for law nerds to chew on but more importantly a person-by-person movement unfolds that takes our saga through physical brawls at the supreme court, last-minute surprise evidence, backstabbing prima donna judges and even an appearance by a nuke-nerd eccentric country lawyer.
It's a grim story, listeners, but sometimes the end isn't the end.
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