The trial was later appealed to a higher court, and charges were dropped. The law against evolution was subsequently ended, letting evolution be taught in schools.
The trial was later appealed to a higher court, and charges were dropped. The law against evolution was subsequently ended, letting evolution be taught in schools.
It misprepresented the actual trial, so no.
The "Scopes Monkey Trial" is the nickname for the real-life trial.
Most of the town opposed the teaching of Darwin, but most of the world outside of "Heavenly Hillsboro" saw it as a miscarriage of justice.
In the real-life case, the trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925. In the book, Inherit the Wind, no state is specified. On one of the first pages of the book, the authors state, "Time: Summer. Not too long ago. Place: A small town."
no, because the judge was biased
A change of venue is granted when it is deemed that the defendant cannot receive a fair trial. That does not translate into the trial being moved to another state, it is moved to another jurisdiction,county, etc. The defendant must stand trial in the state in which the crime was committed. Even if the defendant is charged with a federal crime; the trial generally takes place in the federal court in the state where the crime was committed.
The motto of County Antrim is 'Through Trial to Triumph'.
The two classications of courts are civil courts and criminal courts. Governmental divisions include federal, state, county, and municipal courts. A further division of federal and state courts is into trial courts and appeals courts.
In this case the the trial should come for hearing within six months.
Local trial courts may appear in a township or locale. They may also be under the jurisdiction of the county.
There was a great deal of interest in the Scopes trial which took place in Tennessee in 1925. The trial dealt with the right to teach evolution in the public schools. Scopes was convicted on this charge and fined, but there was much ridicule towards the state for passing the law in the first place. The trial was a great embarrassment to the state and probably kept other fundamentalist states from passing similar laws.