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Sons of Ethel Rosenberg grateful for support, even without a pardon

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EASTHAMPTON — A nearly yearlong campaign by Robert and Michael Meeropol urging President Barack Obama to exonerate their mother, Ethel Rosenberg, ended with Obama’s presidency Friday.

2 Weeks Left: Help us Convince President Obama to Exonerate Ethel

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Around the December holidays, the campaign to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg, got a huge boost:

Feds used Ethel Rosenberg as leverage against Soviet spy husband, executed her with insufficient evidence: report

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The U.S. government used convicted Soviet spy Ethel Rosenberg as a “pawn” in the case against her atomic-secret-stealing husband despite a lack of evidence, a new inquiry into the execution of the… Read More

Legal scholars claim new evidence shows Ethel Rosenberg was innocent in infamous spy case

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By Brooke Singman, Published December 21, 2016

Son Of Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Seeks Exoneration From Obama

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December 13, 2016, Updated 12/14/2016 9:11 AM Among the last orders of business for outgoing presidents are the presidential pardons, exonerations and sentence commutations.

Michael Dukakis Asks Obama to Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg

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Rosenberg was executed with her husband in 1953, but mounting evidence indicates she was not a Soviet spy.

How The Feds Executed My Parents: Michael Meeropol, Son of The Rosenbergs

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Dec 9, 2016 - "We speak this week to Michael Meeropol, whose parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed by the US government in 1953. We talk about his efforts to clear his mother's name and… Read More

Editorial: Time to Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg

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December 6, 2016

Sons of Ethel Rosenberg Visit White House Dec 1, 2016

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Michael and Robert Meeropol, the sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, visited the White House on Dec 1, 2016, to deliver their petition asking President Obama to exonerate their mother, signed by over… Read More

Ethel Rosenberg's sons plead with Obama to exonerate mom in spy case

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Last Updated Dec 1, 2016 5:04 PM EST

Sons of Ethel Rosenberg plead with Obama to exonerate mother

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BY ERIC TUCKER AND JOSH LEDERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS December 1, 2016 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg returned to the White House on Thursday, more than 50 years after… Read More

Sons of executed spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ask Obama to exonerate their mother

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By Joe Heim December 1 at 5:25 PM 

Sons of convicted communist spy Ethel Rosenberg ask Obama to exonerate her

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By Allison Malloy, CNN Updated 4:14 PM ET, Thu December 1, 2016 Washington (CNN)The sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, two convicted communist spies who were sentenced to death during the Cold War… Read More

Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Ask White House For Posthumous Exoneration

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December 1, 2016 By Karen Brown

Sons of Ethel Rosenberg urge Barack Obama to clear their mother of spying before Donald Trump enters White House

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By David Millward, Easthampton, Massachusetts  30 NOVEMBER 2016 • 9:58PM The sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were sent to the electric chair after being convicted of passing atomic… Read More

Call these politicians, help us Exonerate Ethel

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On Thursday, December 1st, my father and uncle will travel to the White House to make a public plea to President Obama to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg, and to deliver our petition with… Read More

Meeropol brothers to seek presidential exoneration for Ethel Rosenberg at White House gates

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By Mary SerrezeNovember 28, 2016 Two men orphaned in a high-profile Cold War espionage case will appear outside the White House on Thursday to deliver a letter and packet of documents to President… Read More