Reenacting the Trial of the Rosenbergs

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Allison Lichter
WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

Denny Chin is a United States District Judge based in Brooklyn.

But he's also an amateur actor -- he and a group of fellow judges and lawyers re-enact hiistoric trials. Their most recent effort is a one-hour version of the trial of atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

With terrorist trials likely around the corner, Chin says he's learned something from digging into the Rosenbergs' experience. WNYC's Julie Burstein has this story:

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