New Jersey woman, 98, asks to erase atomic spy case conviction; she says evidence was withheld
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A 98-year-old New Jersey woman convicted of conspiracy in the run-up to the atomic spying trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg has returned to a New York court to clear her name.
Miriam Moskowitz said after a brief court hearing Monday that she needs an official vindication that she was wrongly convicted in 1950. She was sentenced to two years in prison on a charge that she conspired with two men to lie to a grand jury investigating atomic espionage.
A judge directed lawyers to handle the case expeditiously. A government lawyer said he was not yet prepared to say if prosecutors will oppose Moskowitz's request.
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She filed the request two weeks ago, saying documents now prove the government withheld evidence that would have exonerated her.