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President Biden Should Pardon Ethel Rosenberg (www.thenation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It is topical, you would know that if you read the article as declassified files were released in 2024, that showed Ethel was not a spy, no one is arguing her husband wasn't a spy, so yes it is relevant to ask for a posthumous pardon after evidence was revealed this year that she had nothing to do with it and the government at the time knew that, but chose to execute her anyways.

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/declassified-memo-proves-ethel-rosenberg-was-not-soviet-spy

An NSA codebreaker’s 1950 assessment reveals Ethel Rosenberg knew of her husband’s espionage but ‘did not engage in the work herself’ — despite this, the US sent her to die in the electric chair, writes ANDREW TUCKER

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I know... I'm not saying it's not important. In fact, it's supremely important to expose the truth about our dysfunctional state agencies, even three quarters of a century after the fact.

I know...

But really, Trump v2 and the fast unrolling of the American Reich really puts the Rosenbergs on the back burner. We have much more grave and pressing problems right now and this is not helping.