Case was also notable as the first peace time execution for the US for espionage. Hopefully stays the last as well. Get rid of the death penalty imo.
Most often spies are just expelled and countries don’t bother prosecuting them. A lot of embassy workers that are expelled are spies with a diplomatic cover. Obviously very country to country dependent though, and it depends on the country doing the spying too.
It’s not that common. For the US at least looks like the last time was 70 years ago about.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg
Case was also notable as the first peace time execution for the US for espionage. Hopefully stays the last as well. Get rid of the death penalty imo.
Most often spies are just expelled and countries don’t bother prosecuting them. A lot of embassy workers that are expelled are spies with a diplomatic cover. Obviously very country to country dependent though, and it depends on the country doing the spying too.
I believe China executed some spies sometime around 2011.