Ethel Rosenberg’s family pushes Biden to exonerate her decades after her execution

Ethel Rosenberg’s family pushes Biden to exonerate her decades after her execution
2024 Exonerate Ethel

PBS News

Hour John Yang, Harry Zahn

January 18, 2025

In 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed after being convicted as Soviet spies in a sensational Cold War espionage case. Now, a recently declassified document is seen as the strongest evidence yet of Ethel’s innocence. As Biden leaves office, he’s being asked to exonerate her and right a historic wrong. John Yang speaks with the Rosenbergs’ younger son, Robert Meeropol, for more.

Watch the segment and read the transcript here.