The article which began this thread stated the government attempted to extort a confession - a clear violation of Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
A jury did convict them...Yet you seem to believe these cases are open. That there is doubt. That the U.S. government is the villian. Why?
Oh please. I know you don't believe what you're saying. You're not that innocent. Juries often do not settle issues - that's especially true in high profile cases. Is OJ innocent? Is secession Constitutionally legal? Is the government never the villian? A conservative "seriously" proposes that?
Going for the maximum penalty and then offering a lesser penalty if the defendents cooperate is not an attempt to "extort" nor is it a violation of the Bill of Rights. It is exactly what the prosecution should have done in order to uphold its sworn duty to protect and preserve the constitution. We were under attack. The Rosenbergs were part of that attack. The government had an obligation to mitigate the damage they caused. Offering a plea deal in order to unravel the extent of the attack on America fulfilled that obligation and it did not violate anyones civil rights.
You, or anyone else, can say all day long (as you have) that offering plea bargins such as the Rosenbergs recieved violates the constitution. Doing so has been the MO of the extreme left since Willi Muzenberg made a cause out of Sacco and Vanzetti. But that doesn't make it true. There isn't a court in the land which has ever agreed with you (or if one did, it was overturned--the same deal the Rosenbergs got could and would be offered today).