Can anyone help me correct and advice for my historical investigation paper?

Question

It has to have 3 reasons/arguments to support thesis- why your thesis is right. and atleast 2 other theories why they are not correct(if i did this wrong plz help me =] ) MY THESIS IS THE ROSENBURG SHOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE DEATH PENALTY

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Ethel Rosenberg should not have been executed. She might have been innocent for all we know. The only reason she got convicted was because Ruth Greenglass testified against Ethel. They do not have concrete evidence that Ethel typed the notes for the atomic spy ring. But we now have evidence that she could have been innocent. In June 12, 2001, David Greenglass confessed that he committed perjury in the Rosenberg Case. Greenglass said “he does not remember who in fact typed those papers. Greenglass himself would not apologize for his role, saying he could not sacrifice his wife and children for his sister” (http://english.pravda.ru/world/2001/12/06/23023.html). This shows how Ethel Rosenberg’s innocence was revealed. These are the reasons why Ethel should not have been executed and not even be arrested at all!

The trial might not have been fair. There was a lot of political air at that time because of the cold war and the red scare. The Rosenberg’s lawyer, Emanuel Bloch made many big legal mistakes during the trial. Mistakes such as “moving to impound Exhibit 8--a Greenglass sketch purporting to show a cross section of the implosion-type atom bomb, thereby in effect acquiescing in the prosecution's charge that the sketch was in fact the "secret of the atom bomb" and also not cross-examining Harry Gold, who in later trials was found to be highly unreliable”( http://www.rosenbergtrial.org/). The judge’s decision has also been influenced by the prosecutor, Roy Cohn. This shows how the trial for the rosenberg’s case was unfair.
It does not make sense why the Rosenberg case was charged so harshly. They received the death sentence while the other atomic spies got only about 14 years in prison. Klaus Fuchs “spied for many more years than the Rosenbergs, provided far more sensitive nuclear information to the Soviet Union, and was caught, confessed, tried, convicted, and sentenced in the United Kingdom, received 14 years in jail, which was the maximum penalty in that nation for passing military secrets to friendly nations” (www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/ROS_CT4.HTM). Many believe that the reason why they received the death sentence was because of the pressure and paranoia of the people in America. Because of what the Rosenbergs symbolizes, the communists. But it is still not a good enough excuse for sentencing them to death.

The panic and paranoia of the Red Scare, Cold War, and the Korean War played a huge role in the case of the Rosenbergs. Almost everyone in the United States was scared of becoming a communist country. America was also afraid of being bombed by the USSR.

Answer 1

Ethel Rosenberg should not have been executed. She may have been innocent for all we know. The only reason she was convicted was because Ruth Greenglass testified against Ethel. There was no concrete evidence that Mrs. Rosenberg typed the notes for the atomic spy ring. We now have evidence that she most-likely was innocent. In June 12, 2001, David Greenglass confessed that he committed perjury during the Rosenberg Case. Greenglass stated that he did not remember who, in fact, typed those papers. Greenglass himself would not apologize for his role, saying he could not sacrifice his wife and children for his sister” (http://english.pravda.ru/world/2001/12/0... This shows Ethel Rosenberg’s innocence,. and is one reason Ethel should not have been executed, or even arrested.

The trial was biased, because of all the political "bad air " at that time from the "Cold War" and the "Red" scare. The Rosenberg lawyer, Emanuel Bloch, made severe legal mistakes during the trial, such as “moving to impound Exhibit 8 (a Greenglass sketch purporting to show a cross section of the implosion-type atom bomb), thereby, in effect, acquiescing the prosecution's charge that the sketch was, in fact," the secret of the atom bomb". He also failured to cross-examining Harry Gold, who in later trials, was found to be highly unreliable... The judge’s decision also seemed to have been influenced by the prosecutor, Roy Cohn, thus enhancing how the trial was even more unfair.
It seems senseless as to why why the Rosenberg case was persued so harshly. They received a death sentence, while other atomic spies received only about 14 years in prison. Klaus Fuchs “spied" for many years, more years than the time-frame used to prove that the Rosenbergs, were "supposedly" betraying their country. Fuchs provided far more sensitive nuclear information to the Soviet Union, and was caught, confessed, tried, and convicted, yet sentenced to a lesser punishment of 14 years (the maximum) in a United Kingdom,prison. (www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj... Many believe that the verdict of the death sentence was due to public pressure, and the paranoia of Americans at the time. Because the Rosenberg Trial reaked of the Anti-Communistic attitude of the time, it also symbolized a panic which caused them to have an unfair trial.

That panic ,and paranoia of the Red Scare, Cold War, and the Korean War, played a huge role in the case of the Rosenbergs. Almost everyone in the United States was scared of Communism spreading to.America, and many feared a Russian invasion .