WASHINGTON (AP) — The sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg are asking President Barack Obama to exonerate their mother.
Rosenberg was executed, along with her husband, Julius, in 1953 after being convicted in a Cold War atomic spying case that captivated the country.
Michael and Robert Meeropol plan to present a letter Thursday at the White House, citing unsealed court records they say cast doubt on their mother’s guilt.
Court records made public last year show Ethel Rosenberg’s brother, a star trial witness for the prosecution, never implicated his sister in an earlier appearance before a grand jury.
The Meeropols are seeking a White House proclamation declaring that Ethel Rosenberg was wrongly convicted.
The brothers appeared at the White House in 1953 to ask President Dwight Eisenhower to spare their parents’ lives.
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