Clarence Darrow.
The defense team for John Scopes in the 1925 trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, included prominent lawyers Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Malone. They argued on behalf of Scopes, who was charged with teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, challenging the state's law prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
The Scopes Monkey Trial ended on July 21, 1925. Scopes was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $100. However, because of a technicality, the verdict was overturned. The official name of the trial was The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes.
John T. Scopes couldn't remember whether he actually taught evolution in his classroom, which violated the Butler Act in Tennessee, leading to his trial in the famous Scopes "Monkey" Trial in 1925.
In the Scopes Trial of 1925 in Tennessee, the court found John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution, which was against state law. He was fined $100, although the verdict was later overturned on a technicality. The trial became a significant milestone in the debate between creationism and evolution in American education.
Scopes was declared guilty, but people felt the law violated the Constitution. Scopes was fined and the law was upheld.
The Scopes Trial, also known as the "Scopes Monkey Trial," highlighted the debate between evolution and creationism in public education. Despite John Scopes being found guilty of teaching evolution in a Tennessee school, the trial brought national attention to the issue and helped shift public opinion towards the acceptance of evolution. It also contributed to the ongoing discussions on the separation of church and state in education.
John Scopes.
John Scopes for teaching Evolution
In 1925, John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution in a public school classroom. Which person served as John Scopes' defense lawyer at the famous Scopes trial?
The 8 day Scopes Trial ended when the jury reached a verdict on July 21, 1925. John Scopes was found guilty and charged a fine.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
John Scopes in 1925, the "Monkey Trial"
I assume you mean the trial in 1925 Tennessee that had John Scopes as the defendant for teaching evolution in violation of the law at that time.
The Scopes Monkey Trial ended on July 21, 1925. Scopes was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $100. However, because of a technicality, the verdict was overturned. The official name of the trial was The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes.
The Scopes Trial, in which John Butler was accused of teaching evolution in schools, took place in the year 1925. Specifically, the verdict was made on July 21, 1925.
John T. Scopes couldn't remember whether he actually taught evolution in his classroom, which violated the Butler Act in Tennessee, leading to his trial in the famous Scopes "Monkey" Trial in 1925.
John Thomas Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925 for violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial.
In 1925 the State of Tennessee accused substitute high school teacher John T. Scopes of violating state law by teaching human evolution in a state-funded school. The trial is known as the Scopes Trial or the Scopes Monkey Trial. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100. The verdict subsequently was overturned.