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Abel Escapes Chair Gets 30 Years as Spy
Russian Col. Rudolph Abel was sentenced to 30 years in prison for espionage in Brooklyn federal court He could have faced the death penalty Defense attorney James Donovan urged mercy and possible future use in an exchange Abel was fined 3000 dollars and showed little emotion during the proceedings He fled to the United States in 1948 and led a nine year spy network for Moscow as the first foreign national jailed for life in a U S civilian court.
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New York
Rudolph J. Abel
James Donovan
Masterspy
Abel
Donovan
Mortinem W. Byers
United States
Brooklyn
Moscow
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Gubitchev
Gobitchev
United Nations
Judith Coplon
Kremlin
Miss Coplon