Roy Marcus Cohn was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and conservative political activist. He first gained fame as a prosecutor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in their trials and as Senator Joseph McCart
Cohn in 1981
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg after their jury conviction in 1951
Roy Cohn, Joseph McCarthy, and G. David Schine in 1953
Senator Joseph McCarthy chats with Cohn at the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet prop
Roy Cohn
…February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and conservative political activist. He first gained fame as a prosecutor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in their trials (1952–1953) and as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Cohn had been assisting McCarthy's…
The corner of Orchard and Rivington streets, Lower East Side, 2005
Mugshot of Julius Rosenberg
Mugshot of Ethel Rosenberg, arrested during grand jury proceedings