Woman, 98, loses bid on atomic spy case conviction
A 98-year-old woman lost her bid Thursday to persuade a judge to erase her 1950 conviction for conspiracy to obstruct justice in the run-up to the atomic spying trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Miriam Moskowitz sought this year to get a judge to reconsider her conviction in light of new evidence that emerged in the last decade. Moskowitz, who lives in New Jersey, was sentenced to two years in prison after her conspiracy conviction.
After hearing oral arguments Thursday, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that Moskowitz's lawyers could not show that the newly released records would have changed her trial's result.
"Too bad," Moskowitz said after hearing the judge's ruling. Walking with a cane, she added: "My 98-year-old life goes on, and it's not affected."
