The trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union remains controversial today., The Rosenberg case has been controversial almost since the moment the trial was over. Many argued that the Rosenbergs had been innocent and were framed by their relatives and by the government., As teenagers and young adults both Julius and Ethel Rosenberg had Communist leanings, and by the time they met in the late 1930s, they had become full-fledged members of the Communist party., 2008: Martin Sobell finally admits that he spied for the Soviet Union. Also, newly released grand jury testimony suggests that the Greenglasses may have lied in their trial testimony when they stated that Ethel Rosenberg typed up the secret information provided to the Soviets., Seventy years after the executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, their sons, Michael and Robert Meeropol, have renewed their efforts to clear their mother’s name., The Rosenbergs, Julius and Ethel, were American citizens convicted of espionage and executed in 1953 for allegedly passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Their trial sparked significant controversy and debate in the context of Cold War tensions and anti-Communist sentiment..